Altman and Nadella, Who Ignited the Modern AI Boom Together, Are Drifting Apart
April 29, 2025

(Wall Street Journal) – The OpenAI and Microsoft CEOs helped each other become power players in generative AI but are now preparing for independent future
Microsoft turbocharged the artificial-intelligence startup’s growth over the past six years with billions of dollars in funding, helping OpenAI’s ChatGPT accumulate more than 500 million weekly users. OpenAI powered cutting-edge generative AI tools for the technology giant, helping its share price triple.
That relationship has become strained. The chief executive officers are increasingly at odds over the computing power Microsoft provides to OpenAI, the access the startup gives the technology giant to its models and whether the Altman-led company’s AI systems will soon achieve humanlike intelligence, according to people familiar with their relationship. (Read More)