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Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI have agreed to drop the software giant’s exclusive right to sell the startup’s AI models
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In exchange for ending that exclusivity — which helped boost Microsoft’s cloud sales in the early years of the AI boom, the world’s largest software maker will no longer pay a revenue share on OpenAI products it resells on its cloud.
Key facts
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left, speaks with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott during the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle in 2024
- In exchange for ending that exclusivity — which helped boost Microsoft’s cloud sales in the early years of the AI boom — the world’s largest software maker will no longer pay a revenue share
Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left, speaks with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott during the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle in 2024. Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI have agreed to drop the software giant’s exclusive right to sell the startup’s AI models, opening the door for the ChatGPT maker to pursue deals with cloud-computing rivals like Amazon.com Inc.