Not really. Or rather I think we both agree and disagree. Dysfunction is always possible (that's why we have regulation) and if you want to make a case that what happened between OpenAI and Nvidia ought to be against the rules that could certainly make for an interesting discussion.

However it's not at all uncommon for large sales agreements to come with additional strings attached. On its face I don't see how this example is any different.

If my company wanted to barter with another company to exchange equity for infrastructure how would you expect that to be reported? Did this situation differ from that expectation?

> What if Nvidia paid more for the stock than the chips were worth?

I'm not sure. It's an interesting question. Were the unit prices (ie chip and stock quantities) made public?