OpenAI → Microsoft: $250B cloud & services
OpenAI commits to buy $250 billion of Azure. In the October 2025 recapitalization OpenAI commits to purchase an additional $250 billion of Azure services; Microsoft loses its right of first refusal on compute.
This deal is 33% of everything OpenAI pays and 82% of everything Microsoft receives in this database.
- Date
- Oct 28, 2025
- Paid by
OpenAI- Received by
Microsoft- Type
- Cloud & services
- Amount
- $250B
- Status
- announced
- Note
- incremental Azure commitment
Sources
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All deals between OpenAI and Microsoft
- Jan 23, 2023 Microsoft → OpenAI · Microsoft invests about $13 billion in OpenAI $13B
- Oct 28, 2025 OpenAI → Microsoft · OpenAI commits to buy $250 billion of Azure $250B
- Oct 28, 2025 Microsoft → OpenAI · Recapitalization: Microsoft at 27% of OpenAI Group PBC n/a
- Mar 24, 2026 Microsoft → OpenAI · Microsoft joins $122 billion round n/a
- Apr 27, 2026 OpenAI → Microsoft · Microsoft-OpenAI: amended deal ends exclusivity n/a
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