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April 27, 2026
OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiated their deal for the second time in 6 months. See what's new.
Under its new agreement with Microsoft, OpenAI has the green light to work with other cloud providers like Amazon — with some strings attached.
TL;DR
- Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner, with OpenAI shipping products on Azure first unless Microsoft cannot support them.
- OpenAI can now serve its products to customers across any cloud provider.
- Microsoft's license to OpenAI's products is now non-exclusive.
- Microsoft will no longer pay revenue share to OpenAI.
- OpenAI's payments to Microsoft will be capped and independent of OpenAI's technology progress, such as achieving AGI.
- Microsoft remains a shareholder in OpenAI.
- The changes address previous potential conflicts, such as a reported deal between OpenAI and Amazon Web Services.
- The new agreement potentially clears a path for OpenAI's IPO.
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