OpenAI touts Amazon alliance in memo, says Microsoft has 'limited our ability' to reach clients

OpenAI's new revenue chief sent an internal memo highlighting a partnership with Amazon (a cloud computing company competing with Microsoft) as crucial for reaching enterprise customers, while acknowledging that its existing deal with Microsoft has constrained its ability to serve clients who prefer Amazon's AI platform called Bedrock (a service that provides access to major AI models). The memo reflects OpenAI's struggle to compete with rival Anthropic's Claude model in the enterprise market, where companies are investing heavily in AI.