An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents
OpenAI and AWS have partnered to launch Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI, enabling organizations to deploy AI agents within AWS environments. This collaboration follows a revised agreement between OpenAI and Microsoft, which now allows OpenAI to offer its models on cloud platforms beyond Azure. While Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, the shift reflects a strategic move to broaden OpenAI's reach and strengthen its enterprise adoption.
- ▪OpenAI and AWS have launched Bedrock Managed Agents, an AI solution integrated into AWS for enterprise workflows.
- ▪Microsoft and OpenAI amended their agreement, ending Azure's exclusive access to OpenAI models and making Microsoft’s license non-exclusive.
- ▪OpenAI will forgo revenue share payments from Microsoft through 2030, and the agreement now runs through 2032 without an AGI clause.
- ▪Bedrock Managed Agents aim to simplify AI agent deployment for organizations already using AWS, similar to how Codex operates locally.
- ▪Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud provider, but OpenAI can now serve its products on any cloud platform, including AWS.
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Listen to Podcast Listen to this post: Good morning, As I noted yesterday, today’s Stratechery Interview is early in terms of my timing — Tuesday instead of Thursday — and late in terms of delivery — 1pm Eastern instead of 6am — because the topic was embargoed. That embargo created a bit of a weird situation for me over the last several days: Last Friday I conducted the following interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman about Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI; naturally, one of my questions was about how this fit in with OpenAI’s deal with Microsoft giving Azure exclusive access to OpenAI models.
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