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April 28, 2026

OpenAI breaks free of Microsoft's cloud

With its newest partnership deal OpenAI gets the cloud freedom Anthropic always had.

OpenAI breaks free of Microsoft's cloud

TL;DR

  • OpenAI can now sell its AI models on any cloud platform, not just Microsoft Azure.
  • This allows for potential expanded distribution through Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud.
  • The revised deal with Microsoft includes changes to revenue sharing and intellectual property rights.
  • Microsoft retains non-exclusive IP rights to OpenAI's products through 2032.
  • The controversial clause linking business relationships to the achievement of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has been scrapped.

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