January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTCUpdated on January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTCOpenAI is looking to bolster its US hardware supply chain and find partners for a push into consumer devices, robotics and cloud data centers, part of a major product expansion planned for the coming years.The maker of ChatGPT has put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacture in the US and offer components such as silicon, motors, packaging material and gear for cooling data centers. The requests don’t ind...