software Microsoft holds 27 percent of ChatGPT maker OpenAI
Software giant Microsoft holds a 27 percent stake in ChatGPT developer OpenAI and has secured access to the AI company's technology until 2032. The stake is currently valued at around 135 billion dollars, Microsoft announced.
28.10.2025, 15:47
SDA
Investors reacted with a temporary three percent increase in the Microsoft share price, lifting the stock market value of the Windows company above the four trillion dollar mark.
OpenAI completed a reorganization that had been worked on for months. The basic structure with a non-profit organization that controls a profit-oriented company remains the same. The non-profit part is called the OpenAI Foundation and holds a 26 percent share in the OpenAI Group, which is responsible for the business activities. Additional voting rights of the OpenAI Foundation will ensure control.
ChatGPT was at the beginning of the AI hype
The remaining 47 percent of the OpenAI Group after the shareholdings of the OpenAI Foundation and Microsoft are held by current and former employees and investors. Former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk is trying to torpedo the restructuring in court. The tech billionaire is having his AI company xAI develop the ChatGPT competitor Grok.
ChatGPT is the chatbot whose release around three years ago triggered the hype surrounding artificial intelligence. According to OpenAI, the AI software currently has around 800 million users per week. Microsoft was a very early supporter of OpenAI and provided the young company with computing power and billions for training the AI models. In return, the software giant secured access to OpenAI technologies and integrated them into its products. Tech giants such as Google and the Facebook group Meta as well as young AI companies are developing their own alternatives to ChatGPT.
