OpenAI's For-Profit Flip: Balancing Profit and Purpose

In late 2024, OpenAI made a bold pivot from its 2015 nonprofit origins to a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, aiming to rake in $6.6B and hit a $157B valuation. This switch seeks to charm investors while still championing humanity’s good, despite Elon Musk’s courtroom drama to stop the change. The original nonprofit now holds shares, turbocharging its healthcare and education missions. Stay tuned for biannual transparency reports as OpenAI juggles profits with purpose.