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EU to examine Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

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Published: January 9th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Microsoft and OpenAI logos displayed on smartphone backdropped by cropped flag of the European Union. The European Commission is checking whether Microsoft s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable under the EU Merger Regulation, the Commission said in a statement on Tuesday.
Microsoft has invested more than $10 billion in the ChatGPT developer OpenAI. The EU is now investigating whether this is harming competition.

The EU’s competition authority is scrutinizing US software company Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar investment in OpenAI. The European Commission is investigating whether Microsoft’s investment in the developer of ChatGPT can be examined based on the EU Merger Regulation. This was announced by the Commission on Tuesday.

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