US EditionOpenAI Weighs “Nuclear Option” of Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
- OpenAI and Microsoft are engaged in tense negotiations in 2025 over OpenAI's planned conversion into a public benefit corporation and changes to their AI partnership terms.
- This escalation follows Microsoft's 2019 $1 billion investment and exclusive hosting rights on Azure, while OpenAI now seeks reduced revenue shares and an end to exclusivity amid growing unease.
- OpenAI is exploring new partnerships and funding sources, such as Oracle and SoftBank, who may withdraw $20 billion if the conversion fails, showing its intent to limit Microsoft's influence.
- OpenAI leadership has reportedly considered initiating an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, describing this step as a "nuclear option," due to concerns that Microsoft leverages its dominant cloud position to limit competition, although no formal proceedings have been launched.
- The outcome of these talks could reshape a key AI industry alliance and signal future relationships between startups and tech giants amid increasing regulatory scrutiny.
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New York, 17 Jun (EFE).- One of the most important alliances in artificial intelligence (IA), that of the technological giant Microsoft and OpenAI, one of the pioneer companies in this technology, seems to be in danger and now depends on tense negotiations between the two giants, according to the specialized press. Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019, but currently does not own shares of the non-profit company, but receives a…
OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft
OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's largest investor, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners. OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, has reportedly considered seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of its contract with Microsoft for potential antitrust law violations, according to peo…
There's Explosive Drama Between OpenAI and Microsoft
The partnership that ushered in our age of AI is showing some major cracks. As the Wall Street Journal reports, OpenAI wants its longtime patron Microsoft to loosen its control on its AI products, while also seeking Microsoft's approval to let it become a for-profit company, which OpenAI has been planning for a while now. But the negotiations have turned ugly. And OpenAI is so frustrated with its benefactor that behind the scenes, executives are…
According to the Wall Street Journal, the partnership between the startup and the Redmond giant after six years would be close to the end of the line. Sam Altman would like to open up to other investors and to untie himself from Microsoft could also accuse her of anticompetitive behaviour against them.
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