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OpenAI is a 501c4 not a 501c3. Also the structure is much more complicated for OpenAI. Nevertheless the point stands - I don’t see what relationship company or

OpenAI is a 501c4 not a 501c3. Also the structure is much more complicated for OpenAI. Nevertheless the point stands - I don’t see what relationship company organizational mission has with their technical responsibilities. Indeed, if the open sourced everything, standing up a clone would be easier which creates funding risk due to a race to the bottom of people who didn’t invest into the R&D investing very little additional to compete.

throwaway2037 12d ago
> OpenAI is a 501c4 not a 501c3 This is incorrect. OpenAI is actually registered as a 501(c)(3) public charity, not a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. (Source: Bloomberg Law) > Also the structure is much more complicated for OpenAI. However, this is correct. Their corporate structure is very complex. Here is a screenshot from OpenAI's corporate structure explanation page (now taken down): https://images.axios.com/fbMDxci4KDAoYxM_v61sPi9jSVs=/0x0:1920x1080/1920x1080/2023/11/18/1700315854498.png?w=3840 https://images.axios.com/fbMDxci4KDAoYxM_v61sPi9jSVs=/0x0:19...