Over the past three years, as OpenAI swelled from a tiny research lab into the world’s most valuable startup, one company has captured nearly all of its billions of dollars in annual spending on the servers needed to power OpenAI’s artificial intelligence: Microsoft.

Key Points Microsoft (MSFT) has positioned itself as an industry leader in artificial intelligence.  However, signs of strain are emerging with its OpenAI partnerships and MSFT canceled data center leases earlier this year.

Microsoft is facing a new lawsuit from consumers who allege the technology giant illegally inflated prices for generative artificial intelligence through a secret agreement with ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Microsoft's unusual $1 billion bet on OpenAI back in 2019 has turned into one of the smartest investments in the history of technology.

OpenAI has started teasing a livestream today that will likely be related to its rumored web browser. A mysterious teaser with a set of browser tabs appeared on OpenAI’s X account today, signaling that a livestream will reveal all at 1PM ET / 10AM PT today.

Microsoft invested billions in OpenAI before the latter's popular ChatGPT tool became a household name. With the companies' paths now diverging, it seems clear who'll come out ahead in the end.

OpenAI owes a lot of its success to Microsoft's early investment, but the AI firm is only focused on one thing: scaling compute power. That's causing some internal strife at the bargaining table, according to an insider.