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Matt Levine on Bloomberg pointed out that originally the OpenAI structure chart had MS as a minority owner: https://web.archive.org/web/20231109140650/https://
by helsinkiandrew 3y ago
Matt Levine on Bloomberg pointed out that originally the OpenAI structure chart had MS as a minority owner:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231109140650/https://openai.com/our-structure https://web.archive.org/web/20231109140650/https://openai.co...
But now call it a minority economic interest:
https://openai.com/our-structure https://openai.com/our-structure
There are many financial arrangements that are not traditional ‘ownership shares of a company’ that the SEC treats as ownership in some ways for reporting, eg Total Return Swaps. As the agreement isn’t public it’s right that it should be investigated.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoAre there any circumstances under which a revenue-share agreement with employees (e.g. a commitment to split x% of revenue or x% of profit with employees as a bonus) gets considered any form of ownership, as opposed to simply compensation?
- cma 3y agoFTC is different than the SEC though.