PANews reported on June 15 that according to The Information, citing people familiar with the matter, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently told some shareholders that the company is considering changing its governance structure to a for-profit company similar to its competitors Anthropic and xAI, which will not be controlled by OpenAI's non-profit directors. Such a change could open the door for OpenAI to eventually go public, with its current valuation at $86 billion. In addition, this would also allow Altman to hold shares in the company, a move that some investors are currently pushing for.
