OpenAI Breaks Microsoft's Cloud Exclusivity Deal

OpenAI and Microsoft have revised their partnership agreement, ending Microsoft's exclusive right to offer OpenAI's API through its cloud platform. The update allows OpenAI to serve products across any cloud provider, with Amazon already announcing ChatGPT models will reach Bedrock customers within weeks. Microsoft's intellectual property license has been downgraded from exclusive to nonexclusive, running through 2032. Revenue-sharing arrangements are also changing, with Microsoft's 20% cut capped through 2030 and its own AI revenue payments to OpenAI ending entirely. Microsoft retains first-ship priority on Azure under certain conditions.