OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft

Microsoft will continue to have a license to OpenAI IP through 2032, but Microsoft's license is now non-exclusive, allowing OpenAI to serve its products across any cloud provider . Microsoft will stop paying revenue share to OpenAI, while OpenAI continues to pay revenue share to Microsoft through 2030, subject to a cap . Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner despite the end of exclusivity.

Source: Ars Technica | 2026-04-27