Microsoft Funds OpenAI and Anthropic, Then Sells Competing Models: Partner or the House?
VraserX · x · 2026-07-31
The author points out the subtle nature of Microsoft's strategy: while heavily funding both OpenAI and Anthropic, it also develops and sells its own models to compete directly with them. The poster questions whether Microsoft is an ecosystem partner or simply 'the house' that always wins.
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