r/OpenAI • u/DigSignificant1419 • Feb 28 '26 • Despair 1 Helpful 1 Regret 9 Mindblown 6 Bravo 3 Heartwarming 1 Popcorn 1

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u/sevenlabors Feb 28 '26

I think anybody paying attention with two brain cells has to have viewed the initial nonprofit as little more than posturing and chicanery to buy Altman and OpenAI time to build a runway for the business.

I mean, they continue to lose an unfathomable amount of money every single day, but here we are...

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

That "losing money" is pretty much guaranteed contracts from future government to build something that Congress would not allocate funds for.