Microsoft (MSFT) has spent over $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI, including investments, infrastructure and cloud-computing costs, Microsoft executive Michael Wetter testified Monday in federal court, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
"We needed to build Azure infrastructure in advance of providing those services to OpenAI," Wetter testified in federal court in Oakland, California, according to the report.
Wetter appeared as part of a high-profile lawsuit brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI and Microsoft, according to the report. In the 2024 lawsuit, Musk accused OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of abandoning the startup's original nonprofit mission by transitioning toward a for-profit structure. Musk also alleged Microsoft aided that shift, the report said.
OpenAI, Altman, Brockman and Microsoft have denied wrongdoing and described Musk's claims as baseless harassment intended to benefit his AI startup, xAI, which launched in 2023, Bloomberg said.
Microsoft and OpenAI didn't immediately reply to requests for comment from.
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