The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership
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Microsoft and OpenAI amended their partnership agreement to clarify their long-term relationship and how they will work together on AI development. Key changes include OpenAI gaining freedom to sell products through any cloud provider (not just Microsoft's Azure), Microsoft receiving a non-exclusive license to OpenAI's technology through 2032, and changes to how the companies share revenue. The amendment aims to give both companies flexibility while maintaining their collaborative work on building large-scale AI systems.
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Original source: https://openai.com/index/next-phase-of-microsoft-partnership
First tracked: April 27, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%