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> OpenAI is still a nonprofit.

But OpenAI isn’t a nonprofit. It all depends on what do you mean by OpenAI - and what you call OpenAI is not what they call OpenAI.

https://openai.com/blog/openai-lp

> Going forward (in this post and elsewhere), “OpenAI” refers to OpenAI LP (which now employs most of our staff), and the original entity is referred to as “OpenAI Nonprofit.”

>>kgwgk+(OP)
Doesn't OpenAI Nonprofit own (maybe only 51% now that Microsoft owns the other 49%) OpenAI? I don't know how these things work, but it's kinda like how there's the Mozilla Foundation (non-profit) and the Mozilla Corporation. As described on Wikipedia, "the Mozilla Corporation is a tax-paying entity, which gives it much greater freedom in the revenue and business activities it can pursue".

I think it's all quite shady, but it seems like the parent company, which in theory holds 51% of the "profit-capped" company, is still a non-profit.

I wish someone, ideally from OpenAI, would clarify the situation.