OpenAI had been pursuing this corporate restructuring for more than a year, first quietly, and then—as details leaked—in the public eye.The public arena brought lots of critics, from regulators and AI safety advocates to competitors—all of whom objected to OpenAI detaching from its non-profit parent company.

The company will become a public benefit corporation and the nonprofit that has controlled it will be its largest shareholder.

OpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced that it planned to convert to a for-profit organization.