OpenAI shifts from nonprofit to 'capped-profit' to attract capital

OpenAI may not be quite so open going forward. The former nonprofit announced today that it is restructuring as a "capped-profit" company that cuts returns from investments past a certain point. But some worry that this move -- or rather the way they made it -- may result in making the innovative company no different from the other AI startups out there. From now on, profits from any investment in the OpenAI LP (limited partnership, not limited profit) will be passed on to an overarching nonprofit company, which will disperse them as it sees fit. Profits in excess of a 100x return, that is.