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Microsoft and OpenAI End Exclusive Partnership — OpenAI Free to Sell on AWS and Google Cloud
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a sweeping restructure of their partnership: Microsoft loses exclusive rights to resell OpenAI models, and in exchange stops paying revenue share on OpenAI products it resells on Azure. OpenAI can now serve all products across any cloud provider including Amazon and Google, though Azure remains the primary provider with first-ship rights. Revenue share payments from OpenAI to Microsoft continue through 2030 with a total cap, and Microsoft retains a non-exclusive IP license through 2032 — a fundamental reshaping of the AI industry's most consequential partnership ahead of OpenAI's planned IPO.
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