By AJ Dellinger
Publication Date: 2026-06-08 19:25:00
OpenAI and Microsoft looked like an artificial intelligence power couple, but the AI lab’s growth started to make Microsoft feel a bit boxed in. After all, it’s actually the trillion-dollar company, not just a theoretical one. So rather than stay locked into a relationship that was holding it back, Microsoft decided it was time to prove that it can achieve superintelligence on its own.
The two haven’t officially broken up, but back in April, they updated the terms of their relationship in a way that left the door very open for exploring new partnerships and effectively killed their work together on artificial general intelligence. Now Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, is running the “I’m not officially single, but it’s coming” playbook. In recent interviews, he’s been flaunting his company’s vast infrastructure, which he’s not saying has definitely been held back by OpenAI, but he is saying is far more powerful than just being the…