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openai will reportedly adjust its structure and transform into a traditional for-profit company in 2025

2024-09-15

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it home reported on september 15 that fortune published a blog post on september 13, reporting that sam altman announced to openai employees at a recent weekly meeting:the rather complex non-profit corporate structure will be adjusted next year.

openai reportedly while retaining a nonprofit arm, it adjusted to become a more traditional for-profit company.

altman said openai will move away from nonprofit control and transform into a more traditional for-profit organization, but did not provide further details at the weekly meeting.

it home quoted sources as saying that an openai spokesperson revealed that the company remains "committed to building ai that benefits everyone" and emphasized that non-profit status is "core to its mission and will continue to exist."

founded in 2015 as a nonprofit, openai relies primarily on funding from donors. on its page explaining its structure, openai says it has raised just $130.5 million in donations over the years, noting that this makes it clear that “donations alone cannot match the cost of the computing power and talent needed to drive its core research.”