# The next chapter of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership

DevFeed: [The next chapter of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-next-chapter-of-the-microsoft-openai-partnership-6549.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/next-chapter-of-microsoft-openai-partnership>)

Published: 2025-10-28T06:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Responsibility & Safety](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/responsibility-safety.md>), [Frontier Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontier-model.md>), [Azure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/azure.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [frontier-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontier-model.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partnership.md>), [responsible-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responsible-ai.md>)

## AI overview

Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a new agreement for the next phase of their partnership. The arrangement supports OpenAI's public benefit corporation structure, preserves Microsoft's role as OpenAI's frontier model partner, extends specified intellectual property rights through 2032, and maintains Azure API exclusivity until AGI, subject to updated verification and safety provisions.

## Source excerpt

Microsoft and OpenAI sign a new agreement that strengthens its long-term partnership, expands innovation, and ensures responsible AI progress.