Greg Brockman: How 2017 Compute Math Forced OpenAI to Abandon Non-Profit Status
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-23
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman recalls the 2017 turning point where the team realized the funding cap of non-profits was insufficient for AGI. After calculating compute needs and seeing potential advantages in hardware like Cerebras, Elon, Sam, Ilya, and Brockman agreed that creating a for-profit entity was the only viable path to raise the necessary capital and compute resources.
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