Part of the 40 billion that they might* get from mostly SoftBank, who said they would give OpenAI substantially less if they don’t restructure into a for profit by the end of 2025. 1

I suspect they’re anticipating the 30 billion from SoftBank to partially fall through.

This kind of shit is pretty common for younger people. I work as a teacher, and I hear students talk about this all the time. I tell them how unhealthy it is blah, blah, blah. My SO tells the younger people at her work “If I had PumpkinSkink’s location sharing on he couldn’t surprise me with cake from the bakery”. She has had more success than I getting people to stop.