Microsoft is continuing to expand its fleet of AI partners, hedging its bets beyond its high-profile partnership with OpenAI — a change that’s coming into sharper focus this week at the company’s Build developer conference.

When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ran into Meta’s former engineering chief, Jay Parikh, at a conference last summer, he had the future of AI top of mind. The pair have known each other for around 15 years,

OpenAI is currently in “a tough negotiation” with one of its biggest investors and partners, Microsoft, according to the Financial Times. The AI startup

The purchase — the largest in OpenAI’s history — will provide the company with a dedicated unit for developing AI-powered devices.

OpenAI and Jony Ive have teamed up to bring the world the AI device people don't yet know they need. Will it work?

As OpenAI eyes a public offering, discussions with Microsoft focus on future technology access and investment structures.

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As part of a new partnership, G42, an Emirati A.I. firm, will also help fund OpenAI’s new computer facilities in the United States