# Microsoft and OpenAI announce a sweeping overhaul of the partnership that has defined the commercial AI era.

*genai · news · 2026-04-27 · VentureBeat*

## Key points

- Microsoft's exclusivity over OpenAI's models and cloud hosting has ended under the new agreement.
- OpenAI can now offer its products on any cloud provider, including AWS and Google Cloud.
- The AGI trigger clause tying commercial terms to artificial general intelligence has been completely removed.
- Microsoft will stop paying revenue share to OpenAI, while OpenAI's payments to Microsoft are now capped and end in 2030.
- OpenAI's $50 billion deal with Amazon directly drove the renegotiation to resolve legal conflicts with Microsoft.

**Companies:** Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon
**Countries:** USA

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