Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff highlighted a growing rift between Microsoft and OpenAI during a recent CNBC interview. With OpenAI partnering with SoftBank and Oracle on a $500 billion data center project, Microsoft has lost its status as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider. Benioff speculated that Microsoft, now developing its own AI, may not rely on OpenAI moving forward. Tensions have reportedly escalated since OpenAI launched a competing enterprise product, further complicating their relationship. This shift could benefit Salesforce, which utilizes OpenAI’s models and is invested in rival Anthropic.