Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their partnership, ending Azure exclusivity and allowing OpenAI to serve products across all cloud providers. Microsoft retains primary partnership status but loses exclusive rights and revenue-sharing payments, while maintaining major shareholder position. AWS gains official OpenAI model support through Bedrock Managed Agents, fundamentally altering cloud AI distribution strategy.
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Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their partnership, ending Azure exclusivity and allowing OpenAI to serve products across all cloud providers. Microsoft retains primary partnership status but loses exclusive rig...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: StratecheryBY sys://pipeline
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