OPENAI SAYS IT NEEDS ‘MORE CAPITAL THAN WE'D IMAGINED' AS IT LAYS OUT FOR-PROFIT PLAN

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OpenAI will create a public benefit corporation to oversee commercial operations when it moves towards a for-profit structure in 2025. The public benefit corporation will remove some of OpenAI's nonprofit restrictions and allow it to function more like a high-growth startup. The scale of capital that the company needs requires conventional equity and a less complicated structure. OpenAI's effort to restructure faces major hurdles, including a lawsuit from Elon Musk and an outflow of high-level talent.