Openai’s restructuring plan gets Softbank as negotiating Microsoft

Openai said last week that he will be repeated with a coordination that allows its non -profit entity to retain the final control, a plan that received on Tuesday the blessing of one of the largest supporters of the Japanese Softbank AI.

The support of SoftBank – the first time that the company has gone through the green plan in general – is essential because the Japanese company’s investment of $ 30 billion in Openai this year was changing in the structure.

In March, Openai closed a $ 40 billion financing roundReceive $ 30 billion from SoftBank. But if Openaii is not restructured to a profitable entity by December 31, Softbank has already been He said he could reduce Part of financing to $ 20 billion.

Openai announced this month It will not completely turn into a profitable entity after pressure from the former civil leaders and employees. Instead, the non -profit arm will retain the control of the company, while the Limited Responsibility Company, which takes over all commercial operations, will turn into a company of general interest. This means that this section will have the ability to make profit, but it will also focus on social good.

AI Startup was originally looking to remove control of the non -profit organization, a plan that has sparked criticism from many in the field of technology, including opponent and primary founder Openaii Elon Musk.

Since non -profit organizations will retain control, and the original restructuring plan was eliminated, it was not clear whether the main investors at Openai on board.

But SoftBank Finance, Yoshimitsu Goto, said during a profit press conference on Tuesday that nothing has already changed. “

“I don’t think this is the wrong trend … this is something we expected,” said Goto, according to a company to translate his comments in Japanese.

He repeated that Openai needs to complete the restructuring by the end of this year.

There is still stumbling along the way. MicrosoftOpenai’s largest investor has agreed to restructure, according to Bloomberg Report earlier this month. the Financial times It was reported on Sunday that Openai and Microsoft are writing the terms of their partnerships worth billions of dollars. FT added that Microsoft is the key to the Openai restructuring plan.

Gotot from Softbank did not mention any other companies, but he admitted that Openai has many stakeholders.

“Our conversation is based on the assumption that reorganization will take place. However, there are different pregnant women, and some people may interfere in this project and this smoothness may not go as we hope.”

“But this is out of our control. We will wait and see what is happening.”