Neowin News Feed for: Partnership

OpenAI goes multi-cloud as Microsoft agreement shifts to non-exclusive

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:36:01 +0000

Under the new terms, Microsoft retains its status as OpenAI's primary cloud partner. However, the exclusivity of OpenAI's intellectual property license has ended. Read more...

Global ad agency giant Publicis goes all-in on Microsoft Cloud and Copilot

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:50:01 +0000

The Microsoft and Publicis partnership is set to change how brands communicate, replacing manual workflows with autonomous AI agents that can reason and act on their own. Read more...

Microsoft and OpenAI clarify partnership terms as Amazon joins the fold

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:32:01 +0000

The new AWS partnership signals a multi-cloud future for OpenAI, balancing its legacy ties with Microsoft including the revenue sharing agreement. Read more...

Microsoft will release a new low-latency audio driver for Windows on Arm in 2026

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has detailed plans to release a new, low-latency audio driver with ASIO support for Windows on Arm devices next year. Read more...

Microsoft and OpenAI revise historic partnership

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:08:01 +0000

Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a new definitive agreement as part of OpenAI's restructuring, reducing Microsoft's stake. Read more...

AMD latest to partner with OpenAI in Instinct GPU deal with option to buy 10% of AMD

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:16:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with AMD to deploy thousands of GPUs over the next few years, with the option to buy 10% of AMD too. Read more...

NFL and Microsoft expand partnership to bring AI to the sidelines

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:36:02 +0000

Microsoft and the NFL are expanding their long-standing partnership by integrating advanced AI technologies into football operations. Read more...

Netflix greenlights Assassin's Creed TV show, five years after Ubisoft partnership

Usama Jawad — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:54:01 +0000

Netflix has finally greenlit a live-action TV show for Assassin's Creed. It is being described as a "high-octane thriller." Read more...

UK partners with Google Cloud to ditch legacy IT and upskill 100,000 civil servants

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:20:02 +0000

The UK government and Google Cloud have launched a partnership to help modernize the IT systems of the public sector. It'll help reduce the shocking number of PCs running legacy software. Read more...

Microsoft-OpenAI partnership passes UK regulatory scrutiny

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:42:01 +0000

The UK's CMA investigated Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI for potential competition issues but found no grounds for a merger investigation. Read more...

HERE and AWS sign $1 billion agreement to revolutionize car industry

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:02:01 +0000

HERE and AWS have agreed to a $1 billion agreement that will help developers of assisted driving and driverless technologies boost efficiency. This could help solutions reach market quicker. Read more...

Strava and Apple Fitness+ partner: 3 months free, new features

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:44:01 +0000

Strava has teamed up with Apple to deepen its integration with Apple Fitness+. One of the benefits allows Strava subscribers to get three months free of Fitness+. Read more...

OpenAI partners with Future on specialist content

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:44:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with Future to bring content from Future's media brands to ChatGPT. This will allow users to access a wider range of information and engage more deeply with content. Read more...

OpenAI announces AI content partnership with Hearst

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 05:14:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with Hearst to integrate content from its newspapers and magazines into OpenAI's products, including ChatGPT. Read more...

Condé Nast joins the growing list of OpenAI's content partners

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:40:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with Condé Nast to use its content in products like ChatGPT and SearchGPT. This partnership benefits both companies, with Condé Nast gaining revenue from offering OpenAI its data. Read more...

iFixit ends Samsung repair partnership with a “heavy wrench”

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 May 2024 06:56:01 +0000

iFixit has announced the end of its partnership with Samsung. It said the Korean company didn't seem to care very much about people's ability to repair their devices at a competitive price. Read more...

Apple Car may still be a thing as reports suggest it's discussing partnership with Rivian

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 07 May 2024 12:06:01 +0000

If the latest reports are to be believed, then all hopes aren't lost for the Apple Car, as supply chain sources hint that Apple is in talks with EV maker Rivian for a potential partnership. Read more...

Microsoft partners up with Brookfield to generate 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 May 2024 11:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has partnered up with Brookfield to generate 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy via solar farms and wind farms between 2026 and 2030, which is enough to power 1.8 million homes. Read more...

Cohere and Accenture partner to boost Gen AI usage in organizations

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:20:02 +0000

Cohere and Accenture have formed a partnership to help businesses deploy generative AI tools. Cohere said that businesses are done experimenting and want to scale up the technology. Read more...

Dell Technologies and Nokia partner to deploy private 5G and cloud networks

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:12:01 +0000

Dell Technologies and Nokia have announced a partnership that will allow both companies to share their resources. Dell will provide the infrastructure and Nokia, its private wireless connectivity. Read more...

TikTok responds to Universal Music's warning of ceasing licenses as their deal expires

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:14:01 +0000

Universal Music Group shared concerns about TikTok and warned it of removing its songs from its music catalog following their contract expiring. Today, TikTok has responded to their open letter. Read more...

Vodafone partners up with Microsoft to improve its processes using AI and Cloud

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:01 +0000

Vodafone is joining hands with Microsoft to harness the power of AI, Cloud and other digital services in an attempt to "transform the customer experience" across Europe, the UK, and Africa. Read more...

Antstream and Blacknut join Samsung Gaming Hub that is now offering nearly 3,000 games

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:46:01 +0000

Samsung has now expanded its Gaming Hub portfolio to nearly 3,000 videogames after a partnership with Antstream and Blacknut. The partnership also brings exclusive benefits to Samsung customers. Read more...

T-Mobile renews partnership with MLB, brings MLB.TV subscription for free to more users

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:32:02 +0000

T-Mobile has extended its partnership with Major League Baseball till 2028. The un-carrier will remain the major sponsor of league events and inculcate its 5G technology in stadiums across the US. Read more...

Prada Group reimagines digital and in-store shopping as it partners with Adobe

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:40:01 +0000

Adobe and Prada Group discussed their enhanced partnership at the Adobe Summit today, where the luxury brand owner will begin leveraging tools from Adobe's Experience Cloud to re-imagine shopping. Read more...

Samsung and NAVER partner to develop semiconductors that handle AI jobs better

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:28:02 +0000

Samsung and NAVER are partnering up to make semiconductors more efficient at processing AI workloads. Samsung is good at hardware and NAVER develops AI algorithms - they aim to combine these talents. Read more...

Snapchat and Amazon Fashion partner to bring AR to online shopping

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:10:01 +0000

Snapchat has partnered with Amazon Fashion to launch Snap lenses that let users virtually try out eye products. The feature brings an experience of Augmented Reality shopping for Snapchatters. Read more...

Shutterstock integrates OpenAI's image generation into its platform

Steve Bennett — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:48:01 +0000

Shutterstock has announced a new tool for users that allow for the sale of images generated through OpenAI's tools. Dubbed shutterstock.ai, this fund will fund creators and help with training the AI. Read more...

Unity taps Microsoft Azure as its cloud partner

Usama Jawad — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:30:01 +0000

Unity has selected Microsoft Azure as its cloud partner. The alliance will see developers leveraging Azure-powered technologies in the Unity engine to reach wider audiences on Xbox and PC. Read more...

Thunderbird set to launch on Android through K-9 Mail

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:56:01 +0000

Mozilla has decided to launch Thunderbird on Android via K-9 Mail. The project remains open-source, jointly funded, and is set to transform K-9 Mail into Thunderbird in the near future. Read more...

U.S. Bank partners with Microsoft, moves to Azure

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:16:01 +0000

The partnership sees the country's fifth-largest bank select Microsoft as its primary cloud-service provider, with the hope of leveraging the power of the cloud to improve its offered experiences. Read more...

Qualcomm and Microsoft join forces to design AR chips and drive metaverse adoption

Usama Jawad — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:12:01 +0000

Qualcomm and Microsoft are collaborating to design custom chips and offer integrations between their respective software to drive the adoption of augmented reality solutions and the metaverse. Read more...

Microsoft and Sega partner for Azure-based "next-generation development environment"

Usama Jawad — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:54:01 +0000

Sega and Microsoft have announced a strategic alliance through which the two firms will collaborate to harness the power of Azure to build "Super Games" that cater to large online audiences. Read more...

Qualcomm partners with Great Wall Motors for smarter cars

Paul Hill — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 20:42:01 +0000

Qualcomm is working with the Chinese vehicle company, Great Wall Motors, to provide its Snapdragon Ride Platform allowing GWM to develop a system called Coffee Intelligence which will debut in 2022. Read more...

Microsoft forms partnerships to ensure reliable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Usama Jawad — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 05:18:02 +0000

Microsoft has formed strategic partnerships with various organizations such as EY, Accenture, Avanade, and Mazik Global to ensure safe and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the globe. Read more...

Apple expands its partnership with (RED), $250 million raised since 2006

Usama Jawad — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 09:06:01 +0000

Apple is expanding its partnership with (RED). Until next week, $1 for every purchase with Apple Pay on various platforms will be contributed to the funds set up to combat AIDS and COVID-19. Read more...

IBM and AMD join forces to improve security on their virtual machines powering AI workloads

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:12:01 +0000

The two giants have agreed to collaborate on Confidential Computing whereby they will be enhancing and extending the security of AI and HPC workloads on their hybrid cloud offerings. Read more...

Microsoft is partnering with Qualcomm to enhance AI and ML developer experience

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:02:01 +0000

Microsoft and Qualcomm are partnering to improve the development and deployment experience for developers using the respective technologies offered by the two firms to build AI and ML solutions. Read more...

Microsoft and GameStop ink a multi-year strategic partnership

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:18:01 +0000

Microsoft and GameStop have struck a deal that will enable GameStop to run its business operations using Dynamics 365. GameStop store associates will also use Teams and Surface devices. Read more...

Microsoft and MSCI partner up to innovate in the global investment industry

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:34:01 +0000

The collaboration will see Microsoft leverage its Azure and AI technologies along MSCI's investment tools' portfolio. As such, the firms aim to accelerate innovation in the global investment industry. Read more...