Microsoft and OpenAI strengthen their partnership with a new agreement
An exciting collaboration.
Microsoft and OpenAI just deepened their alliance with a new long-term deal: Microsoft backs OpenAI’s new public-benefit structure and keeps major Azure/API and IP advantages. The twist: AGI calls now need independent verification, and Microsoft’s model/product rights stretch to 2032—even beyond AGI.
Summary
OpenAI says it has signed a new long-term agreement with Microsoft to extend and update their partnership, which began in 2019. Microsoft supports OpenAI’s move to a Public Benefit Corporation and recapitalization, with its investment valued at about $135 billion. The deal keeps Microsoft as OpenAI’s model partner, preserves key Azure and IP rights, and adds new terms, including independent verification of any AGI declaration.
