for-profit
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Nominally the case turned on OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company and Mr. Musk’s worries about Homo sapiens being displaced by superintelligent robots.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Musk had alleged that the artificial intelligence firm, which was founded as a not-for-profit, “stole a charity” when it evolved into a for-profit company.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
OpenAI lawyers argued that Musk was not only aware of the move but wanted full control of the for-profit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
By 2017, OpenAI’s founders had started discussing a for-profit structure.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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