Mei Ri Jing Ji Xin Wen·2025-10-28 16:40Group 1 - Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a new agreement to support the establishment and capital restructuring of OpenAI's for-profit entity, OpenAI Group PBC [1] - Microsoft currently holds an investment stake of approximately $135 billion in OpenAI's for-profit division, translating to about 27% on a fully diluted basis, and 32.5% without considering recent funding rounds [1] - Following the announcement, Microsoft's stock price rose over 4% in pre-market trading and more than 3% after opening, pushing its market capitalization above $4 trillion [1] Group 2 - OpenAI will purchase $250 billion worth of Microsoft Azure cloud services, and in return, Microsoft will no longer have priority rights to provide computing services to OpenAI [2] - OpenAI will have the ability to co-develop products with third parties, but API products will remain exclusive to Azure, while non-API products can be deployed on any cloud platform [2] - Microsoft retains the right to independently research and develop AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) or collaborate with third parties [2] Group 3 - Since its founding in 2015, OpenAI has operated as a non-profit organization, facing funding and resource challenges after Elon Musk's exit in 2018 [3] - To attract more investment, OpenAI established a for-profit subsidiary, "OpenAI LP," in 2019, under the non-profit organization to raise funds and attract talent [3] - OpenAI received a $1 billion investment from Microsoft, which included cash and Azure cloud resources, with an agreement for OpenAI to migrate its services to Microsoft Azure, making Microsoft its exclusive cloud provider [3]