The company said the feature works through a new command-line interface tool, now in beta, which connects Spotify with external coding agents such as OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenClaw.

Users can generate private audio briefings or podcast-style content from notes, schedules, articles and other personal material, then listen to them inside the Spotify app.

Spotify also explained that the podcasts will remain private and do not appear for other users on the platform.

“People are already starting to use their agents to create personal audio that guides their day: from summaries of class notes before an exam to briefings of what’s on their calendar. And they’re asking for a way to listen to it on Spotify, where they already listen to everything else,” the company said in a blog post.

The tool lets users create different types of audio content depending on what they need. Someone preparing for work can generate a short morning briefing with meeting reminders, weather updates and podcast suggestions for their commute.

A student studying philosophy could also create weekly audio lessons based on saved notes, articles and research material.

Users who already work with coding agents on desktop can install the beta tool through its GitHub page. After signing into Spotify through a browser, they can write prompts describing the kind of podcast they want and ask the agent to save it directly to their Spotify account.

For example, a user could request an audio session explaining the history of the World Cup, including major players, host countries and details about this year’s tournament. The system then creates the podcast and adds it to the user’s library with a Spotify link for playback.

The company further noted that the feature is available to eligible Free and Premium users globally, although limits may apply during the testing period.

Spotify plans to continue adjusting the personal podcasts experience as it receives feedback from listeners and expands the beta programme.

The project is still in its early stages but people familiar with the matter say it may take months before it is ready.

Engineers at OpenAI began exploring the idea after repeated service disruptions on GitHub in recent months disrupted their work. Those outages forced internal teams to reassess how much they rely on external platforms.

From what has been reported, OpenAI has discussed offering the repository as a paid service to its existing customers. That would place it in direct competition with GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft.

Neither OpenAI nor Microsoft has publicly confirmed the plan. The companies did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.

If OpenAI moves forward, the decision would test its relationship with Microsoft. The software giant is one of OpenAI’s biggest backers and also controls GitHub, which serves more than 100 million developers worldwide. A competing product from OpenAI would be a rare overlap in their commercial interests.

In February 2026, OpenAI closed a $110 billion funding round that valued the company at $840 billion. Investors in that raise included Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank.

The deal stands among the largest private capital raises to date and places OpenAI ahead of competitors such as Anthropic and Inflection in valuation terms.

For now, the proposed platform is still under development, with OpenAI still weighing whether to build more of its own infrastructure rather than depend on tools owned by partners.

While 80% of side hustlers say they just want to earn more, others are driven by a deeper urge of freedom, ownership, and the chance to create on their own terms. 

Nonetheless, only 34% of job seekers in tech actively work on side projects, despite the fact that hiring managers are scanning portfolios and GitHub pages before they even look at your CV.

In our Macro Monday discussion today, we’re not recycling vague advice. These are practical, field-tested projects people are using right now to build wealth, gain skills, and land roles. Smart work that pays off.

Project Categories at a Glance

To make it easier, we’ve grouped these into four core types:

• Build Something Useful – Tools, products, or platforms
• Create & Share Content – Blogs, tutorials, newsletters
• Offer a Service – Freelance, contract, consulting
• Use Smart Tools – AI-powered or automated hacks

You don’t need to pick one lane. In fact, over 50% of side hustlers juggle three or more projects. Let’s dive in.

10 Side Projects Worth Your Time

1. Build a Chrome Extension That Solves One Frustrating Problem

What it is: Identify a pain point (e.g. LinkedIn limits, auto-refresh for crypto trackers), then create a small extension that fixes it.
Monetisation: Offer a free version, then upsell features.
Real example: Many developers have built Chrome tools that now passively earn them hundreds monthly via Gumroad.
Start here: Learn the basic Chrome APIs, use JavaScript, and publish to the Web Store.

2. Turn Your Resume into a One-Page Portfolio Site

What it is: Convert your CV into a personal webpage showcasing work, skills, links, and testimonials.
Job impact: Instant credibility. Recruiters Google you; give them something to find.
Visibility: Include GitHub links, project demos, or blog posts.
Start here: Use templates from tools like Framer or Notion, or host a static site via GitHub Pages.

3. Write a Weekly Newsletter in Your Niche

What it is: Share insights, curations, or experiments in tech, design, or writing.
Monetisation: After building a subscriber base, offer sponsorships or premium content.
Job angle: Writing forces clarity and attracts employers who care about communication.
Start here: Substack, Beehiiv, or even LinkedIn Newsletters.

4. Contribute to an Open Source Project

What it is: Improve, document, or bug-fix public codebases.
Credibility: Shows team skills, code quality, and real-world impact.
Networking: Maintainers and contributors often refer each other for jobs.
Start here: Use GitHub’s “Good First Issue” label to onboard quickly.

5. Build and Sell Notion or Figma Templates

What it is: Create digital templates people can use for productivity, design, or content planning.
Income: List them on marketplaces or your own site. Some sellers earn $500–$2,000/month.
No code needed: Just good design thinking and problem solving.
Start here: Browse the most downloaded templates, then create your own twist.

6. Join and Win a Hackathon (Even a Virtual One)

What it is: Build a product or prototype over a few days with a team or solo.
Value: Recognition, cash prizes, and sometimes direct job offers.
Resume boost: Demonstrates speed, collaboration, and initiative.
Start here: Sites like Devpost, MLH, and AngelHack list ongoing events globally.

7. Start a Micro SaaS That Solves a Niche Problem

What it is: A simple subscription-based tool built for a narrow audience.
Earnings: Many devs earn $1k–$5k/month from solo tools.
Scalability: Low overhead, high leverage.
Start here: Solve a workflow issue in your industry. Build in public for feedback.

8. Create an Open Source API Wrapper

What it is: Wrap a complex or poorly documented API (e.g. government data, crypto, niche SaaS) into something easier to use.
Impact: Developers appreciate great wrappers—your repo might go viral.
Job bonus: Shows backend and API fluency, which hiring managers love.
Start here: Pick an API, write the wrapper, document it clearly, and share.

9. Design and Sell Developer-Themed Merchandise

What it is: Funny t-shirts, coding mugs, niche stickers, even physical zines.
Earnings: Print-on-demand means zero upfront costs.
Branding: Build a small community and turn it into a brand.
Start here: Use Teespring or Redbubble, promote on Reddit or Dev.to.

10. Launch a Free Tool That Solves a Micro-Pain

What it is: A tiny website, calculator, or widget that does one thing well.
Why it works: Low barrier to build, high value if done right.
Examples: Colour palette generators, Markdown previewers, habit trackers.
Start here: Identify what you Google for regularly, then build it yourself.

Bonus: Stack Your Side Projects

One side project can turn into a whole ecosystem. Your Chrome extension gets you newsletter subscribers. Your newsletter feeds into your micro SaaS. Your micro SaaS becomes your main income.

This is how people are building tech careers that don’t depend entirely on job boards or HR filters. It’s all about creating your own momentum.

Just Start

Most people overthink this. You don’t need VC funding or perfect skills. You just need to start.

In 2025, spending 11–16 hours per week on a side project can translate into $16–23/hour or even more over time. For those of us in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, where online gig work is becoming more common, this isn’t just a trend, it’s a strategy and a growth path to thrive.

Choose one idea. Build fast. Ship often. You never know which project will open the next door.

Which of these projects are you most likely to start? Hit reply, comment, or share it with someone who’s stuck. Your future job, or income stream, might be waiting on the other side of a weekend build.

Declaring the conference and exhibition open, Kashifu Inuwa, NITDA’s director general, called on stakeholders in the technology ecosystem to rally round the government as such handshake is needed to nurture the younger ones.

This he said will help them to transform their ideas from conceptualisation to impact.

According to Inuwa, “We need to help our start-ups to have access to capital for that will enhance their ideas and provide platform for them to network and learn from the ecosystem.

The all-important innovation and technological feast, which have in attendance over 1000 attendees and 150 exhibitors, showcases innovative businesses locally, across the globe, and presupposes a brighter outlook for Nigeria Economy.

Here is Techeconomy rhapsody mirroring of the event.

According to Disrupt Africa’s research there are at least 481 startups active across the country as of August 2022, with Nigeria as one of Africa’s “big four” startup ecosystems alongside Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria.

However, Statista’s records indicate the number of startups in Nigeria exceeded 3,360 in 2022, the highest number in Africa, followed by Kenya and South Africa counted approximately 1,000 and over 660 startups in the same year, respectively.

Other key African markets for startups were Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia, and Rwanda.

The NITDA Co-Create conference and exhibition provided insights into what the future of innovation and startups would be in Nigeria.

Ifeoluwa Agbaje, the communication lead of Vesti, told Techeconomy that “Vesti is a migration Fintech company, providing Legal and Financial assistance services for immigrants, from the moment they decide they want to migrate to other country and moving forward.

Ife said that Vesti “has been able to develop a proprietary tool that brings together financial pathways, and solving twin problems of immigration and financial challenge.

The Vesti Communication led personnel expressed, optimism that its audacious vision targeted at over 1 billion migrants will be achievable with initiatives such as; Saving Migration Account, partnership with over 400 universities resident in the United States of America and Canada United and special attention in MBA and STEM, Migration investment loan among others.

“Payaza”, led by Adeola Business Manager and Margret Product marketing was another exhibitor of significance at the conference who spoke to Techeconomy. The startup is focused on empowering businesses across Africa, by offering seamless transactions, collection of payments and signing it off globally.

The all Queen but star-studded team, which is just two years old, boast of very close to a million user and presence in places such as; Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and of course Nigeria which serves as its base.  It also has an array of products and solutions which include but not limited to “Payazaboost”, and provisions tailored towards varieties of business model.

Payaza seems to be all out redefining the payment platform in Nigeria and across the globe.

Also present at the exhibition was “All in Africa” an offshoot of GitHub; an organization which has set for itself the vision for making education available and accessible across Africa through open sourcing initiative. Kingsley a member of the team, who also doubles as a product engineer delved into to details of “All in Africa” an education initiative, which though commenced operation last year (2003) and currently at the pilot stage, has graduated over 100 students in different field.

According to Kingsley, “All in Africa ” is actually built to open-source education in Africa, and teach Africa about how to open source. It does not just focus on the technical education alone; anybody can benefit from it; for example, a product designer, developers, and technical writer.

Our correspondent also spoke with the duo of Utopia P2P innovation and Secure Management record in the course of the exhibition.  While Utopia2P2 focuses on packages such; web browsing, secure instant messaging, and secure storage transfer.

Secure Management Record specializes in APl facial verification and biometric solution, which was further demystify into: Face detect, Face activeness, Face attribute among others.

Expounding the features of Utopia P2P, Oludare Fagbile, noted that it is an ecosystem, an “Application” that has all its features (web browser, secure messenger) secured web.

According to him, Utopia2P2 users can have encrypted conversation on the platform, while also benefiting from its native cryptocurrency.

If you have Utopia2P2 and I have UtopiaP2P; we can chat and our conversation will be encrypted and secured. It’s all in one package.

Whilst, Valentina, a Front-End Engineer, who spoke on behalf of Secure Record Management, also noted that her organization renders services along human resources and with her “Workpadi” initiatives, it will help organization manage documents, organize pay role, calendar, reminders, and physical archives which help preserve paper documents and also convert into the electronic format, among other services.

In conclusion, the NITDA Co-Create West Africa again reminded us about the innovations among the young people, who with some support from the government is capable of addressing our multifaceted challenges.

This comes as no surprise, given the country’s remarkable growth in the tech industry.

Over the past decades, Nigeria has witnessed a significant rise in the number of software engineering professionals. Just two years ago, the developer talent pool grew by an impressive 45.6% between Q3 2022 and Q3 2023, reaching 872,162.

This metric positions Nigeria as the fastest-growing country for software developers in Africa and the second-fastest globally, following Bangladesh.

Building on this momentum, the surge in startups and accelerators has further fueled the growth of the Nigerian tech industry, producing a talented pool of software engineers who are pushing the boundaries of innovation and making groundbreaking contributions to the industry.

In this article, we spotlight ten exceptional Nigerian software engineers who drive innovation and growth at top companies, including Fortune 500 firms, unicorns, multinationals, etc.

These individuals are not only shaping the future of technology in Nigeria but also putting the country on the global map as an important player in the field of software engineering.

1. Olaoluwa Okelola

Olaoluwa Okelola is a respected software engineer with over 20 years of experience shaping the tech industry.

Having completed his secondary education at the International School Ibadan, Okelola proceeded to Avi-Cenna International School and Howard University, Washington DC, to complete his secondary and university education, respectively.

He then joined Microsoft as an Explorer Intern in January 2005 and left in August of the same year for Google, where he worked as an Engineering intern from May 2006 until August 2006. In 2007, he joined Facebook, becoming one of the first Nigerians to work at a global tech company.

During his tenure of over ten years, he played a pivotal role in developing some of the products we use and love today.

2. Prosper Otemuyiwa

Prosper Otemuyiwa is a full-stack software engineer and technology advocate involved in different aspects of the software ecosystem for over a decade. He is one of the biggest names in the Nigerian developer universe, not just for his skills but also for being a great tutor and speaker.

He was an early member of the Andela team and has participated in several developer conferences worldwide. Also an avid open-source contributor, Prosper built open-source packages that millions use worldwide.

Currently, he is the chief technology officer at Eden Life, and the company has raised USD 2M in venture funding. Prosper is also the co-founded forLoop Africa, the largest African developer community with members across 40 countries.

Over the years of his career, he has been invited to speak at over 100 developer events globally, and some notable ones include Zeit SF Day California, Facebook Developer Summit, Google Developer Agency Day, CMS Africa Summit, and CodeFest Conference Russia, among others.

In 2016, when Github published its ranking, Prosper was in second place on the top chart of the world’s leading PHP developers, ahead of Facebook.

This achievement gained him widespread recognition and further solidified his position as a world leader in the tech industry.

3. Adora Nwodo

Adaora Nwodo is a multi-award-winning Software Engineer and Google Associate Android Developer who works at the intersection of Cloud Engineering and Developer Platforms.

With a First Class Computer Science degree from the University of Lagos, Adora has a strong software engineering background.

She is the Founder of NexaScale, a social enterprise that fosters the growth and development of technology enthusiasts by providing resources and opportunities for project building and work experience – helping them start and scale their careers.

She has courses online that teach people about Infrastructure automation. She has also published multiple articles on software engineering, productivity & career growth on her blog, AdoraHack.

She is highly passionate about the developer community and often drives inclusion for women in technology.

She co-organizes community events for unStack Africa, contributes to open-source projects, and speaks at technology conferences worldwide. Adora is extremely passionate about the developer community and is trying to drive inclusion for women in technology.

She co-organizes community events, contributes to open source and speaks at technology conferences/meetups worldwide.

4. Favour Ohanekwu

Favour Ohanekwu is a respected open-source software engineer in the African tech community. With over 3 years + of experience, he has always been at the forefront of using open-source to build innovative solutions.

Favour gained widespread recognition when he beat 7,634 students at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), to emerge as the university’s best graduating student in 2021. He graduated with an outstanding 97.8% grade which is equivalent to a 4.89/5.00 CGPA from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. He also bagged a total of 9 awards at the university.

Today, Favour works with unicorn and global companies around the world to harness the power of technology to solve complex problems and create value-driven solutions. As a thought leader in the industry, he has been invited to mentor at various organisations. He has also been featured on Tribune and Scholarshipregion.

Currently, he works as a senior software engineer at Appsmith, an open-source low-code application platform that simplifies custom application development for businesses, allowing them to streamline operations and automate processes quickly.

5. Ire Aderinokun

Ire Aderinokun is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and investor from Lagos, Nigeria. She has worked in the technology industry for a decade.

As a respected technology leader in Africa, she has been invited to speak at over 60 conferences around the world and some of them include Google Developer Experts Summit San Francisco, WeAreDevelopers World Congress Germany, Google Women Developer Academy, and Front Conference Zurich, among others. Ire is a Google Developer Expert, specialising in core front-end technologies.

She organised Frontstack, a conference for front-end engineering in Nigeria and started a small scholarship program to sponsor Nigerian women to take a Udacity Nanodegree in a technology-related field of their choice. She is the co-founder, COO and VP of Engineering of Helicarrier, which builds cryptocurrency infrastructure for Africa.

Outside her job, she is passionate about women and education in Nigeria. Ire is one of the founding members of the Feminist Coalition, a group of young Nigerian women who promote equality for women in Nigerian society.

She is also a board member of Day Waterman College and the Stand to End Rape Initiative.

6. Chukwuemeka Afigbo

Meet Chukwuemeka Afigbo, a Visionary Technology Leader. Chukwuemeka is a highly accomplished technology leader in Nigeria’s software industry, with a proven track record of driving innovation at global tech giants. Currently, he is the Senior Director and Developer Success at Okta.

He has previously held strategic roles in big tech such as Google and Facebook.

Afigbo’s academic background includes a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nigeria, a Master’s in Technology Innovations Management from Carleton University, and a certificate in Advanced Project Management from Stanford University.

At Facebook, he led the Platform Partnerships team in the Middle East and Africa, collaborating with diverse developers. During his tenure at Google (2011-2015), he led the developer relations team, crafting and implementing programs that empowered Sub-Saharan African developers, fostering the region’s tech ecosystem growth through Google’s developer platforms.

Currently a Senior Director of Developer Success at Okta, Chukwuemeka keeps pushing boundaries and paving the way for innovation.

7. Tunmise Ogunniyi

Meet Tunmise Ogunniyi, a highly accomplished software engineer from Nigeria known for developing revolutionary solutions to tackle pressing world challenges.

With just 3+ years of experience, Tunmise has already significantly impacted the industry, working with unicorns like Andela and some of the world’s fastest-growing companies like Firmatek and ShipStation. Through his work, Tunmise has demonstrated exceptional expertise in designing and building cutting-edge products that cater to a global audience.

His passion for innovation and problem-solving has led to the creation of scalable, efficient, and user-friendly solutions that have transformed lives and industries.

As a rising star in the Nigerian tech industry, he inspires and empowers others through his work, paving the way for technological innovation and growth in Africa.

8. Fara Ashiru

Fara Ashiru is the Founder & CEO of Okra, an open finance infrastructure that enables developers and businesses to build personalised digital products & services.

Fara raised $1 million in a pre-seed round for Okra in just six months and before founding Okra, she was building and scaling products in emerging markets and venture-based startups by working with multiple Fortune 500 companies and startups in the USA, including JP Morgan, Sana Benefits, Fidelity Investments, BMW, and Canva.

Fara also served as a co-founder and CTO of Shixels Studios, where she led the design and development of core technology for blue-chip clients, including Airtel, AXA Mansard, RenMoney, MTech, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, and Nestoil.

She has expertise in over 20 programming languages. She is also listed in Forbes as a tech problem-solver.

9. Segun Famisa

Meet Segun Famisa, a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin, Germany. Segun is a seasoned Android developer and a Google Developer Expert For Andriod with a background in electronic engineering. With over six years of experience in Android development, he has honed his skills by working as a software engineer at multinational companies like Andela, Door Dash, Delivery Hero, Soundcloud and Wolt, he has worked with various partners on their Android projects.

As a passionate professional, he loves to share his expertise by speaking at tech conferences and publishing technical articles. Outside of coding, Segun enjoys playing the bass guitar and painting in his spare time.

10. Moyinoluwa Adeyemi

Moyinoluwa Adeyemi is a Nigerian Senior Android Engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android currently based in the United Kingdom.

With over nine years of experience in the software industry, Moyinoluwa has worked on several projects to solve world challenges.  Some apps she has worked on include Tour9ja, which she created in 2012.

It is an Android app that allows tourists/natives in Nigeria to learn more about the state of Nigeria. In October 2013, she developed a web application/android mobile app called ‘Efficacy’ at the National Software Competition, where she emerged as the 1st runner-up. Efficacy was designed to detect counterfeit drugs in Nigeria.

She was also part of the team that developed an educational app called “Kawe” (which means read in Yoruba language).

Kawe came in 2nd place at Google ILO. Moyinoluwa obtained a computer science and mathematics degree from Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun state, Nigeria.

After gaining experience in her early days, mentoring junior developers and planning tech events and conferences as the Admissions Manager of the Google Developers Group in OAU, she worked with Swifta Systems and Services as a software engineer.

She joined Zola Electric in April 2017 and became a senior Android developer in April 2019. In 2020, she joined Twitter (now X) as a senior software engineer and made significant achievements.

11. Babatunde Fashola

Babatunde Fashola is a seasoned software engineer and application developer with over 8 years of experience in the industry. As a staff software engineer at X (formerly Twitter), he leverages his expertise to create innovative products that millions of people use worldwide.

With a proven track record of delivering high-impact solutions, Babatunde continues to push the boundaries of technology, shaping the tech space with his exceptional skills and expertise.

12. Wisdom Matthew

Wisdom Matthew is a Backend Engineer with over three years of experience in the tech industry, specialising in solving complex challenges related to scaling business software. He has worked with leading technology companies in both Africa and the United States, contributing to innovative solutions across diverse sectors.

Currently, Wisdom is a backend engineer at NALA, an international money transfer app enabling seamless global transactions for individuals and businesses.

With a $10 million seed round in 2022, NALA is one of Africa’s fastest-growing fintech companies. Before NALA, Wisdom held roles at Citizen and MEGHEE, where he further honed his technical expertise.

He is proficient in a variety of programming languages, including Go (Golang), JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, and Python.

The Microsoft-owned company is also moving to Teams for its video conferencing needs and moving its laptop refresh cycle from three to four years in a bid to cut costs.

In an email to the staff, Thomas Dohmke, CEO, GitHub wrote: “Today, we are announcing a number of difficult decisions, including saying goodbye to some Hubbers and enacting new budgetary realignments, designed to protect the short-term health of our business while also granting us the capacity to invest in our long-term strategy. With great respect for Hubbers, I first want to be clear about why we are making these decisions and what it means for GitHub’s future.

Sustained growth is important for every business. For GitHub, this means that we continue to enable more productive developers across the globe and move quickly as our opportunities to help our customers change.

Today, we are the home of 100M developers, and we must become the developer-first engineering system for the world of tomorrow. The age of AI has started and we have been leading this change with GitHub Copilot, our most successful product launch to date. We have an enormous opportunity to build an integrated, AI-powered GitHub with urgency. 

We must continue to help our customers grow and thrive with GitHub, expedite and simplify their cloud adoption journey, while supporting them every day. This will require strong focus and changes to how and where we invest our finite resources.

To start, we will align our work with the areas where we can best impact these goals and our customers’ needs across all of our products. Unfortunately, this will include changes that will result in a reduction of GitHub’s workforce by up to 10% through the end of FY23. A number of Hubbers will receive notifications today, others will follow as we are re-aligning the business through the end of FY23. The hiring pause that I announced on January 18 remains in effect.

Although our entire leadership team has carefully deliberated this step and come to agreement, ultimately, as CEO the decision is mine. I recognize this will be difficult on you all, and we will approach this period with the utmost respect for every Hubber. We will speak with impacted Hubbers so that they understand the transition compensation and COBRA/COBRA equivalent (outside the US) that will be provided. Career transition services assistance benefits will also be offered.

Additionally, we have been working to improve our operational efficiency and scale as a business. One of our decisions is to move toward a fully remote GitHub. We are seeing very low utilization rates in our offices around the world, and this decision is a testament to the success of our long-standing remote-first culture. We are not vacating offices immediately, but will move to close all of our offices as their leases end or as we are operationally able to do so. We will share more workplace details and transition plans with you as they are finalized.

We are looking at further reducing our operating costs. We will share details and transition plans with you in the coming months, but I wanted to share two decisions with you: i) Effective immediately, we will be moving laptop refreshes from three years to four years. ii) We will be moving to Microsoft Teams for the sole purpose of video conferencing, saving significant cost and simplifying cross-company and customer conversations. This move will be complete by September 1, 2023. We will remain on Slack as our day-to-day collaboration tool.

Finally, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to every single Hubber and their incredible talents that have helped GitHub grow to where we are today. Every commit you have made and every day you have worked has helped construct GitHub into the largest and most important software development platform. Thank you for your dedication, resilience, and passion to empower millions of software developers around the globe.”

The partnership is through Microsoft-ChatGPT multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs to ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world.

This agreement follows Microsoft’s previous investments in 2019 and 2021.

“It extends our ongoing collaboration across AI supercomputing and research and enables each of us to independently commercialize the resulting advanced AI technologies”, Microsoft said.

Under the new deal:

1. Supercomputing at scale –

Microsoft will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s groundbreaking independent AI research.

“We will also continue to build out Azure’s leading AI infrastructure to help customers build and deploy their AI applications on a global scale”.

2. New AI-powered experiences –

Microsoft will deploy OpenAI’s models across our consumer and enterprise products and introduce new categories of digital experiences built on OpenAI’s technology.

“This includes Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, which empowers developers to build cutting-edge AI applications through direct access to OpenAI models backed by Azure’s trusted, enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure and tools”.

3. Exclusive cloud provider –

As OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, Azure will power all OpenAI workloads across research, products and API services.

“We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratize AI as a new technology platform,” said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. “In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organizations across industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models, and toolchain with Azure to build and run their applications.”

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“The past three years of our partnership have been great,” said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.

“Microsoft shares our values and we are excited to continue our independent research and work toward creating advanced AI that benefits everyone.”

Since 2016, Microsoft has committed to building Azure into an AI supercomputer for the world, serving as the foundation of our vision to democratize AI as a platform.

Through the initial investment and collaboration, Microsoft and OpenAI pushed the frontier of cloud supercomputing technology, announcing our first top-5 supercomputer in 2020, and subsequently constructing multiple AI supercomputing systems at massive scale.

OpenAI has used this infrastructure to train its breakthrough models, which are now deployed in Azure to power category-defining AI products like GitHub Copilot, DALL·E 2 and ChatGPT.

“These innovations have captured imaginations and introduced large-scale AI as a powerful, general-purpose technology platform that we believe will create transformative impact at the magnitude of the personal computer, the internet, mobile devices and the cloud.

“Underpinning all of our efforts is Microsoft and OpenAI’s shared commitment to building AI systems and products that are trustworthy and safe.

“OpenAI’s leading research on AI Alignment and Microsoft’s Responsible AI Standard not only establish a leading and advancing framework for the safe deployment of our own AI technologies, but will also help guide the industry toward more responsible outcomes”, the company said.