After the revised OpenAI/Microsoft agreement was announced on Monday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy noted in a tweet that it was a 'very interesting announcement.' That agreement solved OpenAI's problem of allowing AWS to offer its products, an issue that crystalized after it signed an up-to-$50-billion deal with Amazon. Amazon announced on Tuesday that AWS's Bedrock service now has OpenAI's latest models, its code-writing service Codex, and a new product for creating OpenAI-powered AI agents. Bedrock is Amazon's AI app building and model-choosing service. The Microsoft/OpenAI relationship has reportedly been deteriorating for some time, with each of them finding comfort in the arms of their partner's biggest rival. OpenAI has turned to AWS and Oracle. Microsoft to Anthropic; the Redmond-based software giant is also working on a new agent offering powered by Claude. StrictlyVC kicks off the year in SF. Register now for unfiltered fireside chats and VC insights with leaders from Uber,...
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