OpenAI is a nonprofit.
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit with a specific mission: to ensure AI benefits all of humanity. Legally, that makes it a charity—meaning its resources must serve the public good.
But OpenAI is operating in a way that undermines its charitable mission: It is entering business dealings that prioritize commercial gain, its board lacks the independence to perform basic oversight, and the nonprofit’s assets are held entirely in the stock of one very risky startup. With an IPO on the horizon, this structure leaves public market investors—and the entire economy—on the hook.
THE CAMPAIGN
$150+ Billion
As long as OpenAI pursues commercial gain without safeguards or restraints, its $150+ billion in nonprofit assets are at risk of misuse.
Private Gain
OpenAI’s charitable mission is at odds with its lucrative for-profit operations that are making its private shareholders rich.
Public Good
With AI rapidly reshaping the world, OpenAI’s responsibility to serve the public good is more vital than ever.
California's Attorney General has a duty.
REOPEN
the investigation into OpenAI’s governance and compliance with California nonprofit law, in light of new evidence from the Musk v. Altman trial.
ACCOUNT
for every charitable dollar through an independent valuation of OpenAI’s nonprofit assets.
TRANSFER
those assets to a fully independent nonprofit dedicated to the public good.
ACT NOW
before OpenAI’s impending IPO makes intervention far costlier.
NEWS
Join Us
Interested in adding your organization to our coalition of 59 California civic organizations demanding that OpenAI’s $150+ billion in charitable assets serve the public good, not private interests, before OpenAI goes public? Fill out this form, and we will be in touch.
For more information about our coalition and its demands, visit our About page.