(Reuters) -ChatGPT parent OpenAI does not “want government guarantees” for its data centers, CEO Sam Altman said on Thursday, while adding that the startup at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom expects to end this year with an annualized revenue run rate above $20 billion.

OpenAI is in the midst of a multi-billion dollar build-out of data center capacity and has entered into deals with chipmakers ranging from Nvidia to AMD as it spends heavily to secure the necessary infrastructure to power AI models.

The startup expects its annualized revenue run rate to grow to hundreds of billions by 2030, Altman said in a post on social media platform X. The company is looking at commitments of about $1.4 trillion over the next eight years, he added.

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