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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 112 points 1 month ago (7 children)

“Previously, investors in OpenAI’s commercial entity were capped at making 100 times their money before the rest of its profits flowed back to the nonprofit.

With the new PBC subsidiary, OpenAI spokesperson Steve Sharpe tells me that investors and employees will own regular stock with no cap on how much it can appreciate. “

They got exactly what they want anyway. This is no victory.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

The billions of dollars the company raised in its last two funding rounds were contingent on successfully removing this limit on investor returns.

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