OpenAI CEO: We're happy if Microsoft makes a sale, and they're happy if we make a sale

"We are all happy either way" no matter who closes a sale, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of the company's partnership with Microsoft. 

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OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft has no fixed definition of who is leading or handling enterprise AI sales, said Sam Altman, CEO of the artificial intelligence startup. Instead, each company tries its best for "the most shared success possible."

Altman, speaking to a small group of press at the company's first-ever developer conference, in San Francisco, on Monday, indicated there was no set structure to the relationship, which has involved Microsoft putting over ten billion dollars worth of investment into OpenAI. 

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