OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT) are facing off in a high-stakes negotiations focusing on how a nearly $14B investment in a nonprofit translate to equity for a for-profit company, Berber Jin and Corrie Driebusch of The Wall Street Journal reports. The startup behind ChatGPT is transitioning from nonprofit to a for-profit corporation after closing a funding round that valued it at $157B, but now has to distribute equity when it becomes a for-profit. Microsoft could end up owning a large stake in the start-up. Both Microsoft and OpenAI have hired investment banks to advise them on the process, with Microsoft working with Morgan Stanley (MS) and OpenAI with Goldman Sachs (GS), people familiar with the matter told the Journal. Investors in OpenAI include Microsoft, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Fidelity Management, Nvidia (NVDA), and SoftBank (SFTBY).
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