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Microsoft is no longer OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider
MSFTMicrosoft(MSFT) TechCrunch·2025-01-22 07:18

Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models. No longer. As part of Stargate, the company’s massive new infrastructure deal with SoftBank, Oracle, and others, Microsoft says that it has signed a new agreement with OpenAI that gives it “right of first refusal” on new OpenAI cloud computing capacity. That means that, going forward, Microsoft has input into where OpenAI’s models run and train in the cloud — but it won’t have the only word. “ ...