OpenAI can now sell its AI models through multiple cloud providers, including AWS and Google Cloud, after revising its agreement with Microsoft. The new deal ends Microsoft's effective cloud exclusivity, while OpenAI must still ship its models first on Azure before offering them on other clouds. [1]
Microsoft keeps non-exclusive intellectual property rights to OpenAI's products, excluding research, through 2032. It also no longer shares revenue with OpenAI from models served via Azure, but will still receive 20% of OpenAI's revenue until 2030, subject to a nondisclosed cap. [1]
The revised agreement also removes a contentious clause tied to OpenAI reaching artificial general intelligence. That change clears a hurdle in the companies' long-running partnership as OpenAI broadens distribution beyond a single cloud provider. [1]
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Monday that AWS will offer OpenAI's models through Bedrock in the coming weeks. "We're excited to make OpenAI's models available directly to customers on Bedrock in the coming weeks," Jassy said, pointing to a near-term rollout on Amazon's cloud platform. [1]
The announcement sets up OpenAI's first expanded sales push across rival cloud services, with Amazon planning to add the models to Bedrock in the coming weeks. [1]