Openai restructuring plan gets blessing Softbank as Microsoft is negotiating

Last week, Openai said it would be restructured in a format that allows its non-profit subjects to maintain final control, a plan, which on Tuesday received the blessing of one of the largest US-Japanese Giant SoftBank artificial intelligence.

SoftBank’s approval – for the first time the company publicly burned the plan – is key because the investment at a Japanese firm of $ 30 billion in Openai announced that this year it was dependent on the change in the structure.

In March, Openai closed the financing round for $ 40 billionHaving received $ 30 billion from SoftBank. But if Openai does not rebuild the organization for profit until December 31, SoftBank previously engaged said it could reduce Its part of financing is up to $ 20 billion.

Openai announced this month that he will not fully turn into a non -profit person after pressure from civil leaders and former employees. Instead, the non -profit ARM will retain control of the company, while the limited liability company involved in all business operations would turn into a public benefit corporation. This means that this section will be able to profit, but also focus on social good.

Initially, the AI ​​startup wanted to remove control over a non -profit organization, a plan that caused many in the technological space, including the opponent and the initial co -founder of Openai Elon Musk.

As the non -profit organization would retain control and the initial restructuring plan was rejected, it was unclear whether the main investors of Openai would be on board.

But Softbank Finance Head Yosimica Goth said during a press conference on Tuesday that “nothing really changed”.

“I don’t think this is the wrong direction … That’s what we expected,” Goto said, according to the translation of his comments in Japanese.

He reiterated that Openai should complete the restructuring by the end of this year.

On the way there can still be stone blocks. MicrosoftOne of the largest Openai investors did not approve of restructuring, reports Bloomberg Report earlier this month. A Financial times On Sunday, Openai and Microsoft are reported to rewrite the conditions of their multi -billion dollar partnership. Microsoft is a key content of Openai restructuring plan, FT added.

Goto Softbank did not mention other companies, but acknowledged that Openai has many stakeholders.

“Our conversation is based on the assumption that there will be a reorganization. However, there are different Steek owners, and some people may intervene in this project, and it may not be as smooth as we hope,” Goth said.

“But this is over our control. We will wait and see what will happen.”