US EditionMicrosoft cuts OpenAI revenue share in a fresh step to loosen their AI alliance
OpenAI can now sell its AI models through other cloud providers while Microsoft keeps first access on Azure and revenue share payments through 2030.
- On Monday, Microsoft and OpenAI announced an amended agreement to "simplify" their partnership, making Microsoft's license non-exclusive and ending Microsoft's revenue-share payments to OpenAI. Microsoft remains the primary cloud partner, with products shipping first on Azure.
- Previously, the partnership granted Microsoft exclusive rights, but the companies modified terms to allow OpenAI to serve products across any cloud provider. This shift follows OpenAI's corporate restructuring roughly 6 months ago.
- OpenAI will continue paying Microsoft a capped revenue share through 2030, payments now "independent of OpenAI's technology progress." This change removes prior conditions linking revenue payments to whether OpenAI reached AGI.
- MSFT stock briefly tumbled just shy of $400 following the announcement, though Wedbush analyst Dan Ives called the deal a net positive. He added, "We believe this puts OpenAI on a strong path forward to going public."
- While Microsoft retains a license to OpenAI IP through 2032, OpenAI now has the green light to work with Amazon Web Services. This strategic evolution positions both companies to pursue new opportunities.
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Microsoft loses exclusive access to OpenAI technology, after the partnership between the two companies is restructured, opening the way for the ChatGPT developer to offer their models and rival cloud platforms. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces that they will be available on AWS in the coming weeks, in a move that marks a major change in one of the most important alliances in the artificial intelligence industry.
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