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Microsoft-OpenAI tie up doesn't qualify for UK probe, review finds

By Jon Menon ( March 5, 2025, 14:52 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI doesn't constitute a merger situation that requires review, the UK competition regulator has finally told the parties after an “exceptionally extended” 15-month review of the AI industry tie-up. The Competition and Markets Authority said Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 and acquired material influence over it, but despite a total of $13 billion invested there hasn't been a change to de facto control, so the partnership does not qualify for a review.Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI doesn't constitute a merger situation that requires review, the UK competition regulator has finally told the parties after an “exceptionally extended” 15-month review of the artificial intelligence industry tie-up....

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