Microsoft does not only provide compute through Azure, but currently also has a stake of 49% in OpenAI.
So while they don't have anyone actually on the board, they do have quite some leverage.
So while they don't have anyone actually on the board, they do have quite some leverage.
Edit - last year, Microsoft quit the OpenAI board https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-openai-artificial-intel...
I think Microsoft’s shares don’t have voting power.