OpenAI says Microsoft has limited our ability to build customer base, praises new Amazon relationship

Date:
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:50:00 +0000

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Microsoft was "foundational" to OpenAI's success, but the ChatGPT maker is exploring new partnerships.

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to its growth, but says it's time to expand New partnership with AWS could unlock more enterprise customers Enterprises bring in 40% of OpenAI's entire revenue OpenAI has reportedly told staff to focus on growing its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) after a years-long primary relationship with Microsoft , which Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser described as a
blocker.

"[The relationship with Microsoft] has also limited our ability to meet enterprises where they are for many that's Bedrock," Dresser wrote in a memo sent to staff, praising Microsoft for being "foundational to [OpenAI's] success." Amazon Bedrock is generally seen as a more flexible platform that's more likely widely used than Microsoft. Article continues below You may like OpenAI reportedly building a GitHub alternative after saying Microsoft-owned platform is 'not yet meeting our expectations' OpenAI celebrates 10 years of existence but how has it lived up to its promise of AGI which 'benefits all of humanity'? 'We are growing revenue four times faster than the companies
who defined the Internet and mobile eras': OpenAI says it's making $2 billion a month mostly from enterprise users OpenAI looks to be reducing reliance on Microsoft OpenAI has been actively trying to reduce its reliance on Microsoft for a number of months, first branching off to use other hyperscalers'
compute and now partnering up with AWS to obtain more customers.

"Since we announced the partnership at the end of February, inbound demand from our customers for this offering has been frankly staggering," Dresser said about Amazon.

While OpenAI was heavily reliant on Microsoft in its first few years in the public eye, it hit the ground running and has grown substantially since then. The company now says it's making $2 billion a month, with enterprise
customers accounting for 40% of this.

Offering up solutions to businesses that choose not to subscribe to Microsoft is virtually guaranteed to draw in significantly more revenue for the ChatGPT maker. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar
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Dresser also made remarks about competition from Anthropic, which has been aggressively expanding Claude in recent months with a clear focus on the enterprise customer.

The revenue head accused Anthropic's strategy of being "fear, restriction,
and the idea that a small group of elites should control AI."

As for what's next, we're still no closer to finding out whether OpenAI will go public, though rumors continue to circulate for such an event in 2026 or 2027.

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