GoKawiilA day after OpenAI revamped its relationship with Microsoft so that it can run all of its products on any cloud, the artificial intelligence company said its models will be available via Amazon Web Services.
AWS customers can experiment with OpenAI's models as well as its Codex agent for writing code, all through Amazon Bedrock, the companies announced on Tuesday. The services will become generally available in the next few weeks.
"This is what our customers have been asking us for for a really long time," AWS CEO Matt Garman said at a launch event in San Francisco.
Until now, developers could draw on so-called open-weight models from OpenAI that came to AWS in August.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent a recorded message about the announcement, as he's currently in court across the Bay Bridge in Oakland for his case against Elon Musk.
"I wish I could be there with you in person today, my schedule got taken away from me today," Altman said in the video. "I wanted to send a short message, though, because we're really excited about our partnership with AWS and what it means for our customers, and I wanted to say thank you to Matt and the whole AWS team."
A new service called Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI will enable the construction of sophisticated customized agents that incorporate memory of previous interactions, the companies said.
Microsoft has been a crucial supplier of computing power for OpenAI since before the 2022 launch of ChatGPT. Denise Dresser, OpenAI's revenue chief, told employees in a memo earlier this month that the longstanding Microsoft relationship has been critical but "has also limited our ability to meet enterprises where they are — for many that's Bedrock."
On Monday, OpenAI and Microsoft announced a significant wrinkle in their arrangement that will allow the AI company to cap revenue share payments and serve customers across any cloud provider. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called the announcement "very interesting" in a post on X, adding that more details would be shared on Tuesday.
OpenAI and Amazon have been getting closer in other ways.
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