OpenAI, Microsoft at odds over equity, future AI access

Tensions are mounting between OpenAI and Microsoft as both navigate a high-stakes renegotiation over equity and long-term access to post-2030 AI models. Microsoft, having invested $13 billion, reportedly resists parts of OpenAI’s restructuring that keeps its nonprofit board in control. As OpenAI’s enterprise ambitions and Stargate project expand, their once-symbiotic partnership is shifting into a competitive—and complex—phase.