U.K.’s CMA says Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership doesn’t qualify for investigation

The U.K.’s CMA said that it has decided that Microsoft’s (MSFT) partnership with OpenAI does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. In a statement, the CMA said: “The CMA does not believe that it is or may be the case that the Partnership, in its current form, gives rise to a relevant merger situation. In particular the CMA does not consider there has been a change of control by Microsoft from material influence to de facto control over OpenAI. Therefore the Partnership will not be referred under section 22 of the Enterprise Act 2002.”