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

ChatGPT maker OpenAI (PC:OPAIQ) is planning to go public in late 2026 or early 2027, targeting a massive valuation of $1 trillion to finance its

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,

OpenAI hasn’t formally committed to an IPO, but CEO Sam Altman, in a livestream broadcast discussing the new structure, said an initial public offering was the most likely path for the company’s future.

The shift establishes a nonprofit foundation overseeing a for-profit corporation, allowing the world’s most valuable startup to woo investors and secure funds.

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.

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

Chat GPT maker OpenAI (OPENAI) is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering that could value the company as much as $1 trillion,

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