public benefit corporation

OpenAI’s commercial arm has been remade into a Public Benefit Corporation and the company’s decades‑defining partnership with Microsoft has been rewritten — a pact that secures Microsoft’s deep economic exposure while giving OpenAI the corporate flexibility, capital access, and multicloud...

OpenAI’s corporate reinvention closed one of the most consequential chapters in the generative-AI era: the company’s commercial arm has been recapitalized as a public benefit corporation, the nonprofit parent has been recapitalized into a richly endowed OpenAI Foundation, Microsoft emerges with...

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a definitive new agreement that recasts their decade-long alliance: Microsoft will support OpenAI’s formation of a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and, after recapitalization, will hold roughly a 27% stake in the OpenAI Group PBC valued at about $135 billion...

OpenAI and Microsoft have quietly signed a non‑binding memorandum of understanding that lays the groundwork for OpenAI to restructure its commercial arm into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) while preserving the nonprofit oversight that has defined the organization since its founding — a...

OpenAI’s recent recalibration—from boardroom restructures to multi‑cloud infrastructure deals—marks a watershed for the AI economy: the company is no longer only a model-builder, it is shaping the infrastructure, commercial contracts, and governance norms that will determine who wins the next...

OpenAI’s highly anticipated corporate restructuring has been pushed off the immediate calendar as last‑ditch negotiations with Microsoft over API access, intellectual property (IP) rights and a disputed “AGI clause” remain unresolved, forcing a delay that could push the overhaul into next year...

In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and high-stakes technology partnerships, few alliances command as much interest as that between Microsoft and OpenAI. Amid a flurry of investor activity and mounting speculation about the future direction of OpenAI, recent revelations...

OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership, once a beacon of collaboration in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, is currently navigating a series of complex challenges that could redefine their future relationship. The crux of the tension lies in OpenAI's strategic decisions to restructure its...

The partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft, once heralded as a model of collaboration in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, is now under significant strain. Recent reports indicate that OpenAI's executives have contemplated accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior within their...

OpenAI, the renowned artificial intelligence research organization, is reportedly seeking to loosen its ties with Microsoft, its largest investor, due to concerns over potentially anticompetitive terms in their partnership. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI executives have...

OpenAI’s recent decision to abandon a planned separation of its commercial arm—electing instead to keep the business under the oversight of its founding nonprofit board—has injected newfound uncertainties and complexities into its partnership with Microsoft, one of the tech industry’s most...

In a move that has reignited industry debate about the future of artificial intelligence partnerships, OpenAI’s unexpected decision to abandon plans for a strict separation of its commercial operations from nonprofit oversight has cast renewed scrutiny on its deep and complicated relationship...