OpenAI has heavily focused its resources on ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs), sidelining other long-term research areas, prompting several senior researchers to leave the company.

OpenAI is accelerating on multiple fronts, but the pace of progress across the generative AI landscape is making it harder for the company to claim uncontested leadership. As Google's Gemini models close capability gaps and Anthropic pushes aggressively into enterprise and agentic AI, OpenAI finds itself under intensifying pressure; not only to ship ever more powerful models, but also to prove it can turn technical leadership into a profitable business.

Wistron reported a record-strong revenue of NT$228.3 billion (US$7.24 billion) in January 2026, marking a 10.5% month-on-month decline but a robust 151.5% year-on-year increase. The company attributed this performance to its AI servers becoming the largest growth driver for the group, alongside early PC customer orders that softened typical seasonal slowdowns in the first quarter of 2026.

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) reported a 35.53% year-over-year increase in revenue for January 2026, reaching NT$730.04 billion (US$23.06 billion), driven by strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers, which have boosted shipments of cloud and networking products. Despite entering the traditional off-season, the company's first-quarter 2026 outlook remains robust.

Amazon said its planned US$200 billion capital spending, largely directed to AWS, reflects constrained supply and accelerating AI demand rather than speculative buildout. Management argued new capacity is being monetized immediately, with custom silicon and agent-driven workloads expected to sustain long-term returns despite near-term margin pressure.

Amazon reported record revenue on accelerating cloud growth, but investor attention shifted to its plan to spend about US$200 billion in capital expenditure in 2026. The scale of AI-driven spending has raised concerns over near-term margins and the timing of returns despite strong AWS momentum.

Alphabet Inc. has delivered a resounding answer to the biggest question hanging over its future: Artificial intelligence is not eating its core business—it is expanding it.

In November 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company would prioritize the supply of 260,000 GPUs to South Korea, a move that quickly drew industry attention. In 2026, as South Korea accelerates the development of "data factories" and practical talent programs for physical AI, Nvidia plans to deepen partnerships to support ecosystem expansion and sustain its own growth.

The ongoing memory price surge and supply shortage are increasingly disrupting the networking industry's shipment schedules. Multiple network equipment manufacturers expect this supply-demand imbalance to persist with no short-term resolution, potentially extending its impact into the second half of 2027 or even 2028.

Lite-on Technology announced on January 21 that it would publicly acquire all issued common shares of U-Media at a cash price of NT$54 (US$1.69) per share. The acquisition was approved by U-Media's review committee on February 4, with the benefits to its operation expected to emerge within one year after completion.