Tech Radar, April 29, 2026: AWS and OpenAI Expand Bedrock — Models, Codex, and Managed Agents Turn Multi-Cloud into a Product
One day after OpenAI rewrote its partnership with Microsoft, Amazon moved immediately to capitalize on the opening. On April 28, 2026, AWS announced a major expansion of its OpenAI partnership: the latest OpenAI models are now coming to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview, Codex is coming to Bedrock, and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI are launching as well. This is not just another model-availability announcement. It is the first serious proof that OpenAI’s new multi-cloud posture is becoming a real distribution strategy rather than a contractual option. The timing matters. On April 27, 2026, OpenAI formally ended Microsoft’s exclusivity while keeping Azure as its primary cloud. On April 28, AWS turned that policy shift into a product. ...