Microsoft and OpenAI remove the contract’s ‘AGI clause’ and loosen exclusivity
The longtime partnership is becoming less exclusive: OpenAI can ship products on other clouds, while Microsoft’s revenue share now runs to 2030 with caps.
Microsoft disclosed changes to its long-running agreement with OpenAI, including removing the so-called ‘AGI clause’ and reducing exclusivity between the companies. The revised terms keep Azure as OpenAI’s primary cloud and first-launch venue unless Microsoft declines to support required capabilities, while allowing OpenAI to offer products via other cloud providers.
The companies also reworked the revenue-sharing arrangement so payments continue through 2030 with caps, rather than tying terms to a future AGI declaration.
Read the original reporting at The Verge.
