OpenAI corporate governance concerns the legal and organizational structures guiding the transition from a nonprofit entity to a profit-seeking public benefit corporation while retaining a stated public-interest mission. The topic encompasses board control, nonprofit oversight mechanisms, and restructuring of profit models under competitive market pressures. It also includes litigation and court rulings involving Elon Musk and other stakeholders, addressing alleged abandonment of nonprofit purposes, executive compensation, and broader implications for accountability in artificial intelligence development.
Machine learning & AI
Elon Musk and OpenAI boss Sam Altman faced off in a California federal court Tuesday in a blockbuster trial that could have far-reaching consequences for the AI industry and oblige the ChatGPT maker to profoundly revamp its ...
Apr 28, 2026
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Elon Musk's courtroom showdown with Sam Altman got underway here Monday with the start of jury selection in a trial over the billionaire's accusation that his OpenAI co-founders betrayed a non-profit mission to build artificial ...
Apr 27, 2026
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Business
Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.
Apr 27, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm confirmed Friday, expanding a long-standing alliance between the two companies.
Apr 25, 2026
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Business
Jury selection is to begin Monday in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its nonprofit mission.
Apr 25, 2026
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OpenAI on Tuesday said that the startup was valued at $852 billion in a freshly closed funding round that raised $122 billion.
Apr 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit that controls the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its flagship product ChatGPT, pledged Tuesday to grant out $1 billion over the next year and to build up its capacity as a philanthropic ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they're losing.
Feb 5, 2026
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Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to invest as much as $50 billion in OpenAI and expand an agreement that involves selling computer power to the AI startup, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. OpenAI is also weighing ...
Jan 30, 2026
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A trial in the lawsuit brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman and other defendants—including tech giant Microsoft—is scheduled to begin April 27, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday.
Jan 13, 2026
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