Microsoft and OpenAI revise partnership, removing exclusive rights

OpenAI and Microsoft have amended their long‑standing partnership, ending Microsoft’s exclusivity over OpenAI’s models and cloud deployment. OpenAI can now run its products on any cloud provider and offer its latest models to other companies, though Azure remains its primary platform. Microsoft keeps a non‑exclusive license to OpenAI’s technology through 2032, while revenue‑sharing obligations shift so that only OpenAI continues payments, now capped, until 2030. The companies say the changes are meant to increase flexibility and broaden access to AI across the industry.

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