(March 18): Microsoft is considering legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a US$50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several agreements, including one that makes Amazon Web Services (AWS) the exclusive third-party cloud provider for Frontier, OpenAI's enterprise platform for building and running AI agents. Microsoft, Amazon and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Microsoft was one of OpenAI's earliest investors, infusing US$1 billion in the firm in 2019 and US$10 billion at the beginning of 2023. In a joint statement last month, Microsoft and OpenAI said Microsoft maintained its "exclusive licence and access to intellectual property across OpenAI models and products" and that Azure remained the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI's models.

Source: The Edge Markets March 18, 2026 05:32 UTC