After months of negotiations and with a data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-and-microsofts-contract-negotiations-threaten-investment-and-potential-ipo-companies-battle-over-agi-secrecy-and-azure-exclusivity” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-and-microsofts-contract-negotiations-threaten-investment-and-potential-ipo-companies-battle-over-agi-secrecy-and-azure-exclusivity”>looming end-of-year deadline, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft and OpenAI have data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/10/28/the-next-chapter-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/10/28/the-next-chapter-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>finally agreed on the wording for their working relationship going forward, clarifying several salient points that had proven difficult for both companies to agree upon until now.
The key points include the fact that Microsoft now owns a 27% stake in OpenAI, valued at $135 billion USD. In addition, Microsoft will retain OpenAI’s IP rights through 2032 and will include models released after Artificial General…
