“Oben AI” gives up its project to turn into a profitable company

The CEO of “Oben AI”, Sam Altman, announced on Monday that the company behind the “Chat GBT” was its plan to become profitable, which was a fierce dispute from observers of the artificial intelligence sector and also from Elon Musk.

Samtman wrote in an email to the employees, published on Monday on the company’s website, “Oben AI is not an ordinary company and will never be so.”

“We made the decision to stay as a non -profit company after listening to civil society leaders and speaking with the offices of prosecutors in California and Dillauir,” he said.

And the leading company in the field of artificial intelligence has become one of the most successful startups in the history of Silicon Valley, especially from the great success of its tool artificial intelligence “Chat GBT” since the end of 2022.

In the aftermath of the crisis that occurred within the company in 2023, the main investors in “Oben AI” wanted to be able to develop their investments within a structure based on profit, especially given the large costs associated with the design, training and publishing artificial intelligence models such as “Chat GBT”.

Last year, Oben AI, whose ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence cost tens of billion dollars in investments, revealed a plan to turn into a profitable company within two years.

However, the critics of the plan considered the project a danger due to the strength of the tools of artificial intelligence, and because this structural change in the opinion of these people would put the interests of the shareholders before the interests of civil society.

The company is not for sale
The richest world, Elon Musk, also criticized the plan that requires the approval of the California states (where the “Opin AI” headquarters) and Dillauer (where it is registered).

Musk and Altman were part of the 11 -people team that founded “Oben AI” in 2015, and the first offered $ 45 million in initial financing.

However, their relationship has become tense since Ellen’s mask left the company in 2018, after he took a legal action against it and also offered its purchase.

Then Samtman replied in short, that Oben AI “is not for sale.”

Under the new “Oben AI” plan, the company’s revenue branch will be able to make profit, but more importantly, it will remain under the supervision of the company’s non -profit board.

Altman said that staying as a non -profit company “will allow us to continue achieving rapid and safe progress and give everyone the ability to reach strong artificial intelligence.”

Knowledge of the way investors interact with the “Oben AI” decision to abandon its strategy will also be done, and the Japanese investment company “Softbank” will do that stipulated that the company turn into profitability to implement its recent announcement of a huge investment of $ 30 billion.

This amount may now decrease to $ 20 billion, according to a clause stipulated in an official document.

The “Softbank” share is part of a $ 40 billion -dollar financing tour, the largest ever for a private sector technology company.

The value of the California -based company is estimated at this new round of funding at about 300 billion dollars.