{"id":166393,"date":"2025-05-05T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/openai-reverses-course-says-its-nonprofit-will-remain-in-control-of-its-business-operations-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:05:00","slug":"openai-reverses-course-says-its-nonprofit-will-remain-in-control-of-its-business-operations-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/openai-reverses-course-says-its-nonprofit-will-remain-in-control-of-its-business-operations-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/evolving-our-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\">decided<\/a> that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced that it planned to convert to a for-profit organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the company, OpenAI\u2019s business wing, which has been under the nonprofit since 2019, will transaction to a public benefit corporation (PBC). The nonprofit will control and also be a large shareholder of the PBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpenAI was founded as a non-profit, and is today overseen and controlled by that nonprofit,\u201d OpenAI Board Chairman Bret Taylor wrote in a statement on the company\u2019s blog. \u201cGoing forward, it will continue to be overseen and controlled by that nonprofit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI says that it made the decision \u201cafter hearing from civic leaders and engaging in constructive dialogue with the offices of the Attorney General of Delaware and the Attorney General of California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe thank both offices and we look forward to continuing these important conversations to make sure OpenAI can continue to effectively pursue its mission of ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity,\u201d Taylor continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015, but it converted to a \u201ccapped-profit\u201d in 2019, and was trying to restructure once more into a for-profit. When it transitioned to a capped-profit, OpenAI retained its nonprofit wing, which currently has a controlling stake in the organization\u2019s corporate arm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">Berkeley, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">June 5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-sessions-ai\/exhibit\/?promo=tc_inline_exhibit&amp;utm_campaign=tcsessionsai2025&amp;utm_content=exhibit&amp;utm_medium=ad&amp;utm_source=tc\" class=\"inline-cta__register-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>BOOK NOW<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story is developing. 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