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

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,

According to a Reuters report published on Wednesday, OpenAI is laying the foundation for what could be one of the largest-ever IPOs and is thinking about filing as early as the second half of 2026. In discussions, the company has considered raising $60 billion at the low end, and possibly more, which would value the company at up to $1 trillion.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has clearly run rampant across the tech sphere, becoming the poster child of generative AI. Since its groundbreaking debut in November 2022, ChatGPT’s adoption curve has been nothing short of extraordinary, crossing 100 million users in just two months, quicker than TikTok or Instagram ever managed.

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

OpenAI has been laying the groundwork for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to $1 trillion, according to a Reuters report. This could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time.

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

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