Microsoft and Azure Partnership

Algolia has matured on the OpenAI API, but soon they wanted to expand their business in Europe– which meant they needed GDPR compliance. They began working with Microsoft, which was launching its Azure OpenAI Service. In this case study, we’ll take a look at that service.

GPT-3 on Azure

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a partnership in 2019 with the goal of giving Microsoft Azure customers access to GPT-3’s capabilities. The partnership is based on the shared vision of wanting to ensure that AI and AGI are deployed safely and securely. Microsoft invested a billion dollars in OpenAI, funding the launch of the API, which runs on Azure. The partnership culminates in shipping the API to provide more people access to large language models.