Microsoft weighs legal action over $50 billion Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal, FT reports
AmazonAmazon(US:AMZN) Reuters·2026-03-18 05:07

Group 1 - Microsoft is considering legal action against Amazon and OpenAI regarding a $50 billion deal that may violate its exclusive cloud partnership with OpenAI [1][2] - The dispute focuses on whether Amazon Web Services can provide access to OpenAI's new commercial product, Frontier, without breaching the agreement that mandates all access to OpenAI's models go through Microsoft's Azure cloud platform [2]