OpenAI Hints at IPO – Will They Become a Public Benefit Corporation?
OpenAI, the company behind the popular generative AI product, ChatGPT, has hinted at launching an IPO and becoming a public company. Currently OpenAI has a unique corporate structure as a hybrid non-profit/for-profit entity but may transition to a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC). Keene Advisors is also a benefit corporation and we’ll explain what this transition might mean for OpenAI.
Overview of Vital Farms’ Initial Public Offering
Overview of Vital Farms’ IPO: how a B Corp offering pasture raised products went from startup to the public markets. A look at private equity deal making amid COVID-19.