CHOKEPOINT
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ENTITY · openai

OpenAI

United States·ai lab·leader

Leading AI lab (ChatGPT); designing custom inference silicon with Broadcom.

WATCH · 40–69
40/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis

WATCH — OpenAI: concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in ai lab. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration51
Sole-Source Dependence51
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality5
Sanctions Exposure

Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).

DoD Exposure

No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.

Segments
ai labcustom silicon
Chokepoint Relationships

Key Suppliers · upstream · 9

Key Customers · downstream · 0

No mapped downstream customers.
Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.