Starting this week, users of Azure AI Foundry will be able to purchase licences for xAI’s models under the same commercial terms as OpenAI’s — including premium access to cloud computing power and integration into Microsoft’s enterprise tools. This development gives developers “service parity” whether they choose Musk’s models or those from OpenAI.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) revealed a series of updates to Azure AI Foundry, its artificial intelligence-powered agent factory, and its role in the creation of an open-source agentic web at the Microsoft Build event in Seattle on Monday.