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April 27, 2026
The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership
The rapid pace of innovation requires us to continue to evolve our partnership to benefit our customers and both companies. Today, we are announcing an amended agreement to simplify our partnership and the way we work together, grounded in flexibility, certainty, and a focus on delivering the benefits of AI broadly. The greater predictability in the amended agreement strengthens our joint ability to build and operate AI platforms at scale while providing both companies the flexibility to pursue new opportunities. The agreement spells out:
TL;DR
- Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner, with OpenAI products shipping first on Azure.
- OpenAI can now serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider.
- Microsoft's license to OpenAI IP is now non-exclusive and extends through 2032.
- Microsoft will no longer pay a revenue share to OpenAI.
- OpenAI will continue revenue share payments to Microsoft through 2030, subject to a cap.
- Microsoft remains a major shareholder in OpenAI.
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