OpenAI sees ‘staggering’ demand for Amazon offering, says Microsoft partnership held it back
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By Todd Bishop
Published on April 13, 2026.
OpenAI's chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, has stated that the company's partnership with Microsoft, which launched the generative AI era, has limited its ability to meet enterprises where they are needed. The announcement of the Amazon Web Services alliance is seen as a key enterprise growth driver for OpenAI. This follows a high-profile endorsement of AWS, the leading cloud platform by market share. Dresser also criticized Anthropic, whose Claude model is a popular favorite in enterprise applications and software development, for not acquiring enough compute. Microsoft's deal with OpenAI remains intact, with the exclusive host for Open AI's core APIs and Microsoft retains its intellectual property license and revenue-sharing arrangement.
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