Overview

• Microsoft announced at its Build Conference that xAI's Grok 3 will now be available on Azure AI Foundry Models, alongside other AI providers like OpenAI, Meta, and Cohere.
• Grok 3 is currently accessible in a free preview until early June, after which it will transition to a paid subscription model.
• The move signals Microsoft's effort to reduce reliance on OpenAI, its heavily-backed partner, as tensions rise over OpenAI's expansion into enterprise AI products.
• Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI but left in 2018, is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging a betrayal of OpenAI's original non-profit mission.
• By hosting multiple AI models, Microsoft aims to position Azure as a leading marketplace for AI development, competing with rivals like Amazon and Google.