OpenAI realignment to give non-profit over US$100 billion stake

Sep 12, 2025

OpenAI said it was closer to converting into a more traditional for-profit company – nearing the resolution of painful negotiations with top shareholder Microsoft and outlining terms of at least US$100 billion in equity for its non-profit arm. Planned changes will give the existing OpenAI non-profit control over a new public benefit corporation, Chairman Bret Taylor said in a statement Thursday. And it would provide the non-profit with an equity stake that would make it “one of the most...

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