Conscious decoupling? Microsoft, OpenAI loosen the shackles

ChatGPT-maker gets some cloud-freedom; Redmond still holds IP.

The Stack

Oct 29, 2025 - 2 min read

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Microsoft no longer has “right of first refusal” to be OpenAI’s cloud provider – but bound it to buy $250 billion more in Azure services.

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