Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity, allowing OpenAI to sell on rival cloud platforms
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Updated · Reuters · Apr 27
Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity, allowing OpenAI to sell on rival cloud platforms
21 articles · Updated · Reuters · Apr 27
The reworked deal lets OpenAI offer products on Amazon and Google Cloud, with Microsoft retaining primary cloud partnership and non-exclusive IP rights through 2032.
OpenAI's enterprise reach expands as it can now serve AWS and Google Cloud customers, while Microsoft caps revenue share and frees up capital for Copilot and other cloud services.
The move may ease antitrust scrutiny in the US, UK, and Europe, and follows tensions over OpenAI's $50 billion Amazon deal; Microsoft is developing its own AI models to reduce reliance on OpenAI.
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