OpenAI Group PBC and Microsoft Corp. have revised several sections of the contract that governs their technology partnership.<\/p>\n
The update, which was announced today, is at least the third that the companies have made since the start of 2025.<\/p>\n
The partnership began<\/a> in June 2019 with a $1 billion investment from Microsoft. Four years later, it became OpenAI\u2019s exclusive cloud provider. The companies dropped<\/a> the exclusivity clause last January, but kept many parts of the original agreement.<\/p>\n One of the sections that remained unchanged relates to OpenAI\u2019s application programming interface. Developers use the API to integrate the company\u2019s AI models into their applications. Until today, Microsoft was the only cloud provider that could offer the API through its cloud platform.<\/p>\n The revised agreement will enable OpenAI to \u201cserve all its products to customers across any cloud provider.\u201d In a post<\/a> on X published today, Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy stated<\/a> that the ChatGPT developer\u2019s models will become available to Amazon Bedrock customers within a few weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n The cloud giant\u2019s customers will also receive access to an offering called the Stateful Runtime Environment. According to OpenAI, it can help developers manage the data that AI agents use to automate works. The offering also promises to ease certain related tasks, such as ensuring that AI agents adhere to a company\u2019s cybersecurity policies.<\/p>\n Microsoft will retain enhanced access to OpenAI products. In particular, the company stated that \u201cOpenAI products will ship first on Azure,\u201d but only if certain conditions are fulfilled. The requirement won\u2019t apply if \u201cMicrosoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n The original partnership agreement gave Microsoft an exclusive license to intellectual property related to OpenAI\u2019s models and certain other offerings. Under the revised agreement, the tech giant has a nonexclusive license that will run through 2032. That creates an opportunity for OpenAI to ink technology sharing partnerships with other parties, which could translate into new revenue streams.\u00a0<\/p>\n The change marks the second time that Microsoft\u2019s access to OpenAI intellectual property has been narrowed. The last such change was made last October, when the AI provider restructured<\/a> as a public benefit corporation. That revision excluded intellectual property related to OpenAI\u2019s upcoming consumer hardware lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n Under the previous agreement, the companies paid a portion of their AI revenue revenue to one another. According to CNBC<\/a>, Microsoft received a 20% cut from the sale of OpenAI products such as ChatGPT subscriptions. Those payments will continue \u201cat the same percentage but subject to a total cap\u201d through 2030. Microsoft, for its part, will stop giving OpenAI a share of its AI revenue.<\/p>\n The revisions come amid an effort by the tech giant to reduce its reliance on the ChatGPT developer\u2019s technology. Earlier this month, Microsoft\u00a0released<\/a> a set of internally developed AI models optimized for use cases such as generating images and transcribing speech. At the same time, the companies continue to work closely together in other areas. Last year, OpenAI committed<\/a>\u00a0to purchasing $250 billion worth of Azure services.<\/p>\n Photo:\u00a0Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n Support our mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. 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