Now, that all seems to have resolved itself in Microsoft's favor. On Tuesday, OpenAI said it completed its recapitalization and simplified its corporate structure. The non-profit entity is now called the OpenAI Foundation, which has majority control of the for-profit component, OpenAI Group Public Benefit Corp. (PBC).

Since 2019, Microsoft and OpenAI have shared a vision to advance artificial intelligence responsibly and make its benefits broadly accessible. What began as an investment in a research organization has grown into one of the most successful partnerships in our industry.

Microsoft and OpenAI unveil a deal extending IP rights, adding independent AGI verification, and giving both sides more freedom while maintaining Azure ties.

Microsoft has agreed to a deal that will allow OpenAI to become a for-profit company, likely paving the way for an IPO. The tech giant's stake will be worth $135 billion and comes with another $250 billion in cloud computing revenue.

In the new agreement, Microsoft gets a 27% stake in OpenAI's for-profit business, the OpenAI Group PBC, worth around $135 billion.

Microsoft and OpenAI announced the long-awaited details of their new partnership agreement Tuesday morning — with concessions on both sides that keep the companies aligned but not in lockstep as they move into their next phases of AI development.

The new agreement maintains Microsoft as OpenAI’s frontier model partner and preserves Microsoft’s exclusive rights to OpenAI’s IP and Azure API exclusivity until the threshold of AGI is reached. Under a previous arrangement,

Microsoft made its first investment in Sam Altman's OpenAI in 2019. It now holds a 27% in OpenAI's for-profit business.

OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan.

Redmond uncovers SesameOp, a backdoor hiding its tracks by using OpenAI’s Assistants API as a command channel Hackers have found a new use for OpenAI's Assistants API – not to write poems or code, but to secretly control malware.