Microsoft and OpenAI amend partnership: non-exclusive IP license, revenue share changes

Microsoft and OpenAI announced an amended agreement that keeps Microsoft as OpenAI's primary cloud partner while loosening exclusivity. OpenAI products will ship first on Azure unless Microsoft cannot support the capability, and OpenAI can now serve all its products on any cloud. Microsoft's IP license runs through 2032 and is now non-exclusive, and Microsoft stops paying revenue share to OpenAI, while OpenAI's payments to Microsoft continue through 2030 subject to a total cap.

• Microsoft remains primary cloud partner; OpenAI products ship first on Azure
• OpenAI can serve all products on any cloud provider
• Microsoft IP license through 2032, now non-exclusive
• Microsoft no longer pays revenue share to OpenAI
• OpenAI revenue share to Microsoft through 2030, subject to a total cap (cap amount not disclosed)