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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

Court documents reveal internal Microsoft emails where executives feared OpenAI might move to Amazon and criticize Azure, leading to a $1 billion investment. The partnership later evolved with OpenAI bringing models to AWS.

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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
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  • After OpenAI's Dota 2 demonstration, Altman proposed a $300 million Azure credit deal, which initially concerned Microsoft executives.
  • Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott worried about the PR fallout if OpenAI went to Amazon and badmouthed Azure.
  • Scott later became impressed with OpenAI's NLP work, leading to a $1 billion investment in 2019.
  • The partnership has since been renegotiated, with OpenAI now offering its models on AWS.

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