Sam Altman sought Microsoft funding and planned for-profit OpenAI subsidiary
NewsBytes | May 14, 2026 12:39 AM CST
Microsoft invested $1B in OpenAI 2019
Microsoft invested $1 billion in 2019, giving OpenAI access to Azure's computing muscle and sparking huge growth.
This partnership led to multi-billion-dollar deals and let Microsoft weave OpenAI's tech into Bing and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Thanks to this move, OpenAI became a major force in artificial intelligence.
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