The end of Azure exclusivity, OpenAI's arrival on Amazon Bedrock, and AWS Quick integration — OpenAI's multi-cloud pivot in three acts.
Sam Altman announced OpenAI's updated partnership with Microsoft, ending exclusive cloud arrangements. Microsoft remains the primary cloud partner, but OpenAI can now deploy products on AWS, Google Cloud, and any other provider.
AWS customers can now access OpenAI's GPT models and Codex coding agent through Amazon Bedrock, marking OpenAI's first major deployment outside Microsoft Azure. General availability is expected within weeks.
AWS is packaging its AI story as a full work stack instead of a loose collection of services. On April 28, it opened Amazon Quick to Free and Plus signups with no AWS account required, expanded Amazon Connect into four agentic business solutions, and said GPT-5.5, Codex, and OpenAI-powered Managed Agents are coming to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview.
One of AI’s most important commercial contracts just loosened up. Microsoft keeps Azure’s first-stop role and long-dated IP access, but OpenAI can now sell across any cloud and Microsoft will no longer pay it a revenue share.