Microsoft and OpenAI announced "Phase 4" of their collaboration on October 29, 2025, aimed at accelerating AGI research and deploying advanced models to the enterprise sector. As reported on both companies blogs and confirmed by Bloomberg, the partnership involves the deepest integration to date of OpenAIs latest models—GPT-5 and Whisper 3 Turbo—directly into the Azure AI Hub. This will provide Azure enterprise customers with seamless access to the most powerful tools for building AI agents and natural language processing. In return, Microsoft commits to providing OpenAI with the scalable cloud capacity needed to train future AGI generations.
OpenAI and Microsoft Expand Partnership: GPT-5 and Whisper 3 Turbo Integrated into Azure AI Hub
