The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/09/openai-rumored-to-be-considering-move-out-of-california-due-to-investigation-into-for-profit/Executives at one of the leading names in the local AI boom, OpenAI, are reportedly "rattled" by ongoing pushback and regulatory setbacks in California regarding its move to restructure itself as a for-profit entity. We learned almost exactly a year ago that OpenAI, which had been founded as a nonprofit, was looking to transition into a public benefit corporation — which under California's definition, is still a non-profit company that is meant to help society, but has a profit motive as well. The move was seen as key to the company being able to raise the vast sums of cash it needs to build and operate its increasingly data-hungr

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