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

Summary

OpenAI's new revenue chief, Denise Dresser, sent a Sunday memo to staff praising the Amazon alliance as a growth driver for enterprise sales and saying the Microsoft partnership has limited OpenAI's reach to some customers. She also accused Anthropic of inflating its run-rate revenue by about $8 billion through gross accounting of partner sales, a claim Anthropic disputes.

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