Microsoft and OpenAI said on February 27, 2026 that OpenAI's new funding and new partners do not change the previously disclosed terms of their relationship. The companies said Azure remains the exclusive cloud for stateless OpenAI APIs while OpenAI still has room to secure additional compute elsewhere, including through Stargate-scale infrastructure projects.
In a February 27, 2026 joint statement, OpenAI and Microsoft said new funding and partner announcements do not alter their existing partnership framework. They reaffirmed unchanged IP access, revenue-share terms, and Azure exclusivity for stateless OpenAI APIs.
Anthropic announced a strategic partnership and investment with Zoom on February 17, 2026. The plan centers on integrating Claude models more deeply into Zoom AI Companion and broader AI-first collaboration workflows for enterprise users.