# OpenAI Built a Nonprofit to Guard Its Mission. Now It Owns 26% of a $852 Billion Company.

- slug: openai-built-a-nonprofit-to-guard-its-mission-now-it-owns-26-of-a-852-billion-company
- date: 2026-04-24
- category: Artificial Intelligence

A judge ruled Brockman’s 2017 journal entry — calling converting OpenAI to for-profit “pretty morally bankrupt” — can be shown to a jury. Brockman is now expected to take the stand himself.

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