# Microsofts Three New AI Models Are the Story. The Partnership Is Over.

- slug: microsofts-three-new-ai-models-are-the-story-the-partnership-is-over
- date: 2026-04-05
- category: Artificial Intelligence

The contract that kept Microsoft out of frontier AI just expired. Three MAI models later, Redmond is competing directly with OpenAI — the lab it spent $13B to host.

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