Microsoft and OpenAI's new agreement has been referred to as a "divorce settlement," with MSFT stock briefly dropping 4% in pre-market trading.

BlockBeats News, April 27th - According to official sources, Microsoft and OpenAI today announced a revision to their partnership agreement to simplify their relationship and collaboration. The key points of the agreement include:

· Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner, and OpenAI's products will initially be launched on Azure unless Microsoft is unable or chooses not to support the required capabilities. Now, OpenAI can offer all its products through any cloud provider.

· Microsoft will continue to hold the intellectual property license for OpenAI's models and products until 2032. Microsoft's license will now become non-exclusive.

· Microsoft will no longer pay revenue sharing to OpenAI.

· Revenue sharing from OpenAI to Microsoft will continue until 2030, unrelated to OpenAI's technological advancements, with the same proportion but with a total cap.

· As the major shareholder, Microsoft will continue to be directly involved in OpenAI's development.

While the official announcement stated that the revised agreement is based on flexibility, certainty, and a commitment to broadly distributing the benefits of AI, the revised agreement is said to have increased predictability, enhanced the ability to jointly build and operate large-scale AI platforms, and provided flexibility for both companies to pursue new opportunities. However, the market clearly does not buy this explanation, with some even considering it a "divorce agreement."

According to Bitget market data, influenced by this announcement, Microsoft's pre-market trading fell by 4% at one point and is now down 1.77%.