【OpenAI Aims to Transition to a For-Profit Company, Microsoft Poses Obstacles, Negotiations Focus on Four Key Points】 According to Golden Finance, OpenAI CEO Altman hopes to transform the AI development company, currently managed by a non-profit organization, into a for-profit entity. The biggest obstacle he faces is Microsoft. The company's influence in this process is enormous, as it has pledged to invest over $13 billion in OpenAI. Since October of last year, the two companies have been negotiating potential changes to OpenAI's structure, focusing mainly on four aspects: Microsoft's equity in the for-profit entity; whether Microsoft will continue to be OpenAI's exclusive cloud service provider; how long Microsoft will maintain the right to use OpenAI's intellectual property to meet its product needs; and whether Microsoft will continue to take 20% from OpenAI's revenue. This information comes from informed sources who have discussed the matter with Altman. It remains unclear when OpenAI and Microsoft plan to complete this process, but both parties are moving quickly and facing time pressure: if OpenAI fails to complete the transition within the next two years, recent investors could reclaim their funds along with 9% interest—totaling about $7.2 billion. Company leadership has informed employees that OpenAI hopes to buy back some of their stock after the profit transition, so employees currently have ample reason to hope for a swift completion of this transformation.