---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "A joint statement from OpenAI and Microsoft"
description: "OpenAI and Microsoft sign a new MOU, reinforcing their partnership and shared commitment to AI safety and innovation."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/joint-statement-from-openai-and-microsoft"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-09-11"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 43
confidence: 0.9
---

# A joint statement from OpenAI and Microsoft

# Claim

OpenAI and Microsoft sign a new MOU, reinforcing their partnership and shared commitment to AI safety and innovation.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a low-signal vendor radar item. Keep it as context only unless a later benchmark, deployment, procurement change, or labour-market datapoint turns it into direct Appendix III evidence.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: AI infrastructure
* Capability: Vendor platform capability signal
* Cope score: 43
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [A joint statement from OpenAI and Microsoft](https://openai.com/index/joint-statement-from-openai-and-microsoft)