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Re:Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI by arvid-lind on Sunday May 24, 2026 @08:43AM (#48256829)
> The answer is that they needed more money.

isn't it still an odd choice for a nonprofit? it's hard to imagine a world without OpenAI and ChatGPT now, but at some point they decided being the best is most important. and presumably most profitable, since why just need a little more money?

Re:Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI by mycall on Sunday May 24, 2026 @09:34AM (#48257179)
Don't all nonprofits need more money to improve their sustainment?
Re:Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI by nativeit on Sunday May 24, 2026 @10:16AM (#48257454)
Maybe, but somehow I doubt the American Heart Association is planning to open a chain of pork barbecue restaurants to support its mission against heart disease.
Re:Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI by gizajob on Sunday May 24, 2026 @08:48AM (#48256865)
Trivial to imagine everyone switching to Anthropic or Google or on-device LLMs.