Microsoft AI chief says company was “set free” from OpenAI to pursue superintelligence
For three years, Microsoft's artificial intelligence story has been inseparable from OpenAI. The partnership — cemented by a cumulative investment exceeding $13 billion — gave Microsoft early access to the most advanced AI models on the planet, catapulting its Copilot products into the enterprise mainstream and adding hundreds of billions of dollars to its market capitalization. To the outside world, Microsoft's AI strategy was OpenAI.Mustafa Suleyman wants to change that narrative.In an exclusive sit-down interview with VentureBeat at Microsoft Build 2026, the CEO of Microsoft AI disclosed that a contractual change with OpenAI roughly six months ago granted his division the formal authority to pursue what he openly calls "superintelligence" — using Microsoft' [...]
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