OpenAI restructure plan gets SoftBank blessing as AI startup reportedly renegotiates Microsoft terms
CNBC·2025-05-13 11:22OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. OpenAI said last week that it would restructure in a format that allows its non-profit entity to retain ultimate control, a plan that on Tuesday received the blessing of one of the U.S. artificial intelligence startup's biggest backers — Japanese giant SoftBank. The endorsement of SoftBank — the first ...