OpenAI Nonprofit Names Leaders, Aims to Spend $1 Billion in 2026

OpenAI plans to invest $1 billion in various AI-related causes this year through its nonprofit arm, dramatically increasing its philanthropic efforts months after restructuring as a more conventional for-profit business.

The OpenAI Foundation intends to focus its 2026 spending on helping protect society from potential artificial intelligence risks such as biological threats, as well as funding efforts to use AI to aid the life sciences, the nonprofit is set to announce on Tuesday. The investments will come through external grants and programs, the foundation said.

The company is making several key hires to help lead the nonprofit. Wojciech Zaremba, an OpenAI co-founder, ...