According to The Information today, people familiar with the matter said OpenAI CEO SamAltmanIt is considering reorganizing OpenAI into a formal for-profit company, focusing on resolving the conflict between the company's nature (note: non-profit company) and its revenue business.
One possibility is that Altman could turn OpenAI into a for-profit company, “an idea he has discussed,” according to a person familiar with the matter who has spoken with Altman.investorsaid they wanted Altman to receive an equity package to ensure his interests were aligned with the company's business.
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Altman had this idea because the company needed to provide incentives to investors to attract large amounts of capital.If the company is not for-profit, it will not be able to provide incentives to investors, and thus fail to achieve the expected goal of "attracting US$100 billion (currently about RMB 726 billion) in funds".
As major technology companies rush to enter the AI business, it is necessary for OpenAI to transform into a for-profit company in order to make large investments.
Recently, OpenAI's potential collaboration with Apple is seen as an opportunity to further enhance the former's technology. According to reports, the two sides are discussing several possibilities.Including integrating OpenAI's technology into Apple's artificial intelligence voice assistant Siri to help answer more complex questionsApple is expected to announce the collaboration at its annual developer conference, which takes place June 10-14.