Openai and Microsoft’s convenience marriage touches its end. The divorce, surprisingly, is being friendly

Openai and Microsoft have reached a preliminary agreement in which the new terms of their business relationship are established. In it Official announcement It is made clear that the terms of the agreement still have to define themselves, but there is a clear thing: the idyll is finally ended.

Why is it important. What began as a idyllic relationship It has ended up becoming almost a toxic relationship that was preventing both companies from looking for other paths. Between 2019 and 2023 Microsoft invested more than 13,000 million in OpenAiwhat according to The New York Times gave Microsoft about 49% of OpenAi’s future benefits.

OpenAi getting rid of their chains. The firm led by Sam Altman has been trying to change its structure and get become a profit company (“For-Profit”). The agreement with Microsoft, who did not want to give up his privileges, was one of the obstacles, but this agreement seems to pave the way for that business transformation.

The discord clause. The original agreement included a clause that He rescinded access from Microsoft to OpenAi’s most advanced models when it is I would decide that had reached the famous General Artificial Intelligence or AGI. This clause is still part of the new agreement but has been modified according to sources close to the process

Possible outposive. The agreement could “unlock” Openai both in its passage to “for-profit” and for a potential outlet. Right now OpenAi cannot get money from the general public and the traditional investment market,

But it would remain managed by the NGO. The startup also indicated that it would offer at least 100,000 million dollars to the non -profit organization that will continue to control Openai’s future once it is transition to its new format. Bret Taylor, company manager, affirmed that in this way the NGO would be “one of the philanthropic organizations with more resources in the world.” Sources close to the agreement indicate that this NGO would have an OpenAI participation that would exceed 20%.

What both were looking for. The long commercial relationship has been beneficial for both parties, but market growth has caused one and another to seek ways to continue growing in the AI ​​market and this agreement blocked them largely. According to sources close to the aforementioned negotiations In axios:

• Microsoft wanted to continue having access to OpenAi’s technology and products, something logical considering that he reverts them Like your Copilot services.
• Openai wanted freedom to move forward with his restructuring plans and to reach agreements with other infrastructure providers, as has happened with Oracle this week.

A friendly divorce. In recent times it has been seen how both OpenAi and Microsoft have been making movements that were clearly aimed at search for a plan B In the AI ​​race. That was causing a delicate situation that now seems to soften satisfactorily for both companies.

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