Price includesUK Competition and Markets Authority The CMA and the FTC are currently targeting Microsoft for its $130 billion investment in OpenAI.Investigation, in order to clarify whether there is market influence or monopoly involved.
However, due to OpenAI's complex organizational structure (which consists of the non-profit, regulatory parent company OpenAI Inc and the for-profit subsidiary OpenAI LP), and Microsoft's $130 billion investment in OpenAI, it did not actually obtain relevant control. Therefore, from a legal perspective, Microsoft does not seem to have any market impact.
However, the recent personnel changes at OpenAI have caused market concern, prompting the UK Competition and Markets Authority to reconsider its investigation into whether Microsoft's investment in OpenAI has had a certain impact on the market. Furthermore, the US Federal Trade Commission is considering investigating whether the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology has led to large technology companies dominating the market, and whether Microsoft's investment in OpenAI has indirectly given Microsoft a greater advantage in the development of artificial intelligence technology.
On the other hand, the US Federal Trade Commission is still concerned about Microsoft's $690 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.Raise questions, but the previous application for a temporary injunction was rejected by the court.
