# Olympus

Meta Retreats on Ambitious In‑House AI Chip — Turns to AMD, Nvidia and Google to Fill the Gap

Meta has paused work on a high‑end internal AI training chip, Olympus, after design and stability issues, opting instead for a simpler internal design and large purchases from AMD, Nvidia and Google. The move underscores the difficulty of competing with Nvidia’s performance and software ecosystem and signals a pragmatic industry shift toward external partnerships to secure AI compute capacity.