{"id":76570,"date":"2025-03-15T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/openai-and-microsofts-frenemies-relationship-and-what-you-missed-at-sxsw\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:44:00","slug":"openai-and-microsofts-frenemies-relationship-and-what-you-missed-at-sxsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/openai-and-microsofts-frenemies-relationship-and-what-you-missed-at-sxsw\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI and Microsoft\u2019s \u2018frenemies relationship,\u2019 and what you missed at SXSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, OpenAI inked a five-year, $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/10\/in-another-chess-move-with-microsoft-openai-is-pouring-12b-into-coreweave\/<\/a>) , the GPU-heavy cloud provider, securing its own AI computing pipeline\u2014and a $350 million equity stake in the company.<\/p>\n

With CoreWeave\u2019s pending IPO (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/05\/ahead-of-a-possible-4-billion-ipo-coreweaves-founders-already-pocketed-488-million\/<\/a>) and deep ties to Microsoft, OpenAI\u2019s deal marks a significant shift in the AI cloud wars. Today, on TechCrunch\u2019s Equity (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan are diving into whether or not the deal is a power move against Microsoft or just an inevitable step in OpenAI\u2019s bid for more compute, key deals of the week, and what you missed at South by Southwest 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode to hear about:<\/p>\n

\u2022 What Kirsten and Rebecca are seeing on the ground in Austin (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/07\/sxsw-2025-what-were-paying-attention-to\/<\/a>) , and which founders are making moves<\/p>\n

\u2022 Who\u2019s feeling the \u2018vibe shift\u2019 (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/11\/y-combinator-founders-raising-less-money-signal-a-vibe-shift-vc-says\/<\/a>) leading up to Y Combinator\u2019s latest Demo Day, and why founders are raising less money<\/p>\n

\u2022 Scopely\u2019s $3.5 billion bid (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/12\/pokemon-go-maker-niantic-is-selling-its-games-division-to-scopely-for-3-5b\/<\/a>) for Pok\u00e9mon GO maker Niantic<\/p>\n

Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Equity is TechCrunch\u2019s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts (https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780<\/a>) , Overcast (https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity<\/a>) , Spotify (https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ)<\/a> and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X (https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod<\/a>) and Threads (https:\/\/www.threads.net\/<\/a>@equitypod) , at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) .<\/p>\n

Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We\u2019d also like to thank TechCrunch\u2019s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we’ll talk to you next time.<\/p>\n

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