OpenAI shakes up partnership with Microsoft, capping revenue share payments
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OpenAI and Microsoft announced a revised partnership agreement that allows OpenAI to cap its revenue share payments to Microsoft and serve customers through any cloud provider, not just Microsoft Azure. Previously, OpenAI was restricted to primarily using Microsoft's cloud services, but the new deal lets OpenAI work with competitors like Amazon and Google while maintaining Microsoft as its primary provider through 2030.
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/openai-microsoft-partnership-revenue-cap.html
First tracked: April 27, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%