OpenAI’s $100 Billion Pivot Blurs Its Mission More: Parmy Olson

Months of protracted negotiations between OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. have finally led to… an agreement about an agreement that will help the AI upstart carve a path towards greater independence.

“We are actively working to finalize contractual terms,” OpenAI said Thursday night, referring to a sweeping plan to restructure its powerful nonprofit arm. Remember the one that fired Chief Executive Sam Altman back in November 2023, and gave Microsoft executives a collective heart attack? It’s being given an equity stake worth over $100 billion that will redraw the company’s future.

OpenAI has spent the better part of two years seeking greater freedom from ...