"OpenAI was founded as a non-profit, is today a non-profit that oversees and controls the for-profit, and going forward will remain a non-profit that oversees and controls the for-profit. Currently, OpenAI's nonprofit fully owns the for-profit entity, and the nonprofit board's mission is ensuring that "artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity," instead of providing value for shareholders. The announcement also came amid a bitter legal battle brought by OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk, which sought to block OpenAI’s transition away from nonprofit control, among other claims.