With its newest partnership deal OpenAI gets the cloud freedom Anthropic always had.
OpenAI renegotiated with Microsoft to sell AI models on AWS, Google Cloud and others, ending Azure exclusivity and capping Microsoft's revenue share. Enterprise buyers escape cloud lock-in, intensifying AI competition between hyperscalers.
The two companies are overhauling an agreement central to OpenAI’s for-profit model.
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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 revamped deal keeps Microsoft as OpenAI’s main cloud partner through 2032, while allowing OpenAI to expand on Amazon, Google and other rival platforms
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.
AWS and OpenAI unveil GPT-5.4, Codex, Managed Agents on Bedrock one day after Microsoft drops Azure's exclusive OpenAI deal. Multi-cloud choice breaks vendor lock-in; Managed Agents enables stateful agent deployment with native governance for enterprises.
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.
Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.
The move comes a day after OpenAI and Microsoft announced a revised partnership.
Microsoft and OpenAI dissolve their exclusivity deal. One day later, AWS rolls out three new OpenAI offerings on its Bedrock platform, including a jointly built agent service.
While OpenAI and Microsoft remain partners, the AI company has been rapidly pushing into Amazon's world.
Inside the big Microsoft and OpenAI changes
