01:14 PM EDT, 03/16/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with Bain Capital's response to a request for comment in the third paragraph.)

Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI is in advanced talks with TPG (TPG), Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) , Advent International, and Bain Capital on forming a joint venture that would distribute the AI giant's products across the private-equity firms' portfolios of companies, Reuters reported Monday, citing four people familiar with the matter.

The proposed deal has a pre-money value of about $10 billion, two of the people reportedly told Reuters.

Bain Capital declined to comment to MT Newswires. The remaining companies didn't immediately reply to requests for comment.

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