OpenAI's generative AI models are becoming available on Amazon's cloud a day after the AI company revamped its relationship with longtime partner Microsoft.
The two companies are overhauling an agreement central to OpenAI’s for-profit model.
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The revamped deal keeps Microsoft as OpenAI’s main cloud partner through 2032, while allowing OpenAI to expand on Amazon, Google and other rival platforms
For the first time, the most advanced OpenAI models are available on Amazon Bedrock, with pricing that matches OpenAI first-party rates and no additional fees.
Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.
OpenAI is free to distribute its products through any cloud provider, Microsoft loses its exclusive license to OpenAI's technology, and the controversial AGI clause is gone.
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement.
While OpenAI and Microsoft remain partners, the AI company has been rapidly pushing into Amazon's world.