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OpenAI Becomes Public Benefit Corp Amid Investor Scrutiny

10/29/2025

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OpenAI Restructures Ownership

OpenAI will become a public benefit corporation to attract investors and reduce reliance on Microsoft's cloud.
Microsoft will retain a 27% stake in OpenAI, valued at about $135 billion, with exclusive rights to OpenAI's IP until AGI.
OpenAI will no longer be required to rely on Microsoft for computing.
Advocacy groups are urging regulatory scrutiny of OpenAI's nonprofit obligations amid uncertainty about the partnership.

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Sanders Advocates OpenAI Breakup

Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator, calls for OpenAI's breakup, citing disruption to jobs and the economy.
He warns AI could eliminate 100 million jobs within a decade and proposes a robot tax on large corporations.
He criticizes the AI industry’s impact on working-class people and disapproves of U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of AI.
OpenAI's spokesperson defends growth as competition, while regulators consider scrutiny amid fears of an AI bubble.

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OpenAI Restructures Ownership

OpenAI will become a public benefit corporation to attract investors and reduce reliance on Microsoft's cloud.
Microsoft will retain a 27% stake in OpenAI, valued at about $135 billion, with exclusive rights to OpenAI's IP until AGI.
OpenAI will no longer be required to rely on Microsoft for computing.
Advocacy groups are urging regulatory scrutiny of OpenAI's nonprofit obligations amid uncertainty about the partnership.

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