---
title: OPENAI IN TALKS WITH $MSFT TO SECURE FUNDING & PAVE PATH TO IPO 😳
description: "OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant’s access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence models.\n\nMicrosoft, OpenAI’s biggest backer, is a key holdout to the $260bn start-up’s plans to undergo a corporate restructuring that moves the group further away from its roots as a non-profit with a mission to develop AI to “benefit humanity”.\n\nA critical issue in the deliberations is how much equity in the restructured group Microsoft will receive in exchange for the more than $13bn it has invested in OpenAI to date. \nSource: Shay Boloor @StockSavvyShay, FT"
---

[Syz The Moment](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment)

# [OPENAI IN TALKS WITH $MSFT TO SECURE FUNDING & PAVE PATH TO IPO 😳](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/it-is-important-to-be-able-to-say-no-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | May 12, 2025, 3:17:46 PM

[View full post](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/it-is-important-to-be-able-to-say-no-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-05-12T15:17:46.818Z",
  "datePublished" : "2025-05-12T15:17:46Z",
  "headline" : "OPENAI IN TALKS WITH $MSFT TO SECURE FUNDING & PAVE PATH TO IPO 😳",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 1000,
    "url" : "https://25733253.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25733253/1746978021374.jpg",
    "width" : 800
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/it-is-important-to-be-able-to-say-no-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Syz The Moment"
  }
}
```