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.

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

This time at I/O, Google appeared to get the upper hand, vibe-wise, with a flurry of new models and features, a vision of a universal AI assistant, and even plans for AI-powered AR glasses. Safe to say, it’s well behind the pack no longer. But Microsoft also unleashed a raft of new AI features and agents as well at Build.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at OpenAI DevDay on Nov. 6, 2023 as Sam Altman looks on. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The news: OpenAI and

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The data center is a part of the US Stargate project, led by top AI firms in the country, to boost America’s heft in the AI industry.

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.

OpenAI is acquiring io, the AI device startup co-founded by Jony Ive, Apple’s former Chief Design Officer for $6.4 billion.

News: From infrastructure to IDEs, from OpenAI to open source, Build 2025 was less about what Microsoft is doing and more about what developers can now do.