Microsoft's $92B OpenAI-return target revealed in Oakland trial

Court-disclosed Microsoft planning documents from early 2023 show Microsoft targeted a $92 billion return on its OpenAI investments — a landmark figure surfaced in the Oakland federal trial. The disclosure follows the April 27 Microsoft–OpenAI agreement that capped Microsoft's revenue share and freed OpenAI to use any cloud provider, including the new AWS Claude/Anthropic moves this week.