Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly in negotiations regarding their partnership, with discussions focused on Microsoft’s equity stake in OpenAI's planned for-profit entity. OpenAI is restructuring its corporate framework but will retain control under a nonprofit board. Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in OpenAI, may give up some equity for access to future technology developed post-2030.
The negotiations are complicated by the growing competition between the two companies as OpenAI's enterprise business expands and it pursues its ambitious Stargate infrastructure project.