This seems like a smart move. OpenAI needs to run models more cheaply for profitability. He wants to start a hardware venture in parallel with the goal of selling better hardware to OpenAI. If it fails, it's not his money that was lost. If it succeeds, he has two successful ventures on his hands.

Anybody know what happened to George Hotz' hardware company? Or did he give up on it after 2 weeks like his Twitter frontend job?