PRESS ROOM
Increasingly, we’re seeing more evidence suggesting OpenAI withheld important facts when it was seeking Attorney General Bonta’s blessing to complete its multi-billion-dollar makeover. If that is the case, AG Bonta can’t let OpenAI get away with this.
Orson Aguilar
LatinoProsperity
It is imperative that we ensure these resources remain dedicated to the public good, especially in communities most vulnerable to the systemic inequities and harms associated with AI.
Fred Blackwell
San Francisco Foundation
OpenAI’s pursuit of commercial interests directly conflicts with its nonprofit mission and the commitments it made to Attorney General Bonta and to the public.
Catherine Bracy
Tech Equity
Until AG Bonta intervenes, this will continue to be a potential liability for all current and future OpenAI investors, as well as a total affront to the everyday people AG Bonta has a duty to serve.
Terri Olle
Economic Security CA
Press Statements
6.15.26
EyesOnOpenAI says SEC must investigate and disclose OpenAI governance risks ahead of IPO
Coalition urges SEC to make investors fully aware of the risks associated with OpenAI’s governance structure ahead of the nonprofit’s initial public offering (IPO).
5.6.26
Coalition urges AG Bonta to revisit OpenAI deal
EyesOnOpenAI implores the AG to revisit the deal his office entered into with OpenAI in light of new evidence coming out of the Musk v. Altman trial. The deal allowed OpenAI to finalize its for-profit restructure without adequately protecting its nonprofit mission or charitable funds.
10.28.25
Coalition statement on OpenAI’s profit-driven restructuring
We have been clear and consistent in our requests of the attorney general–a fair and independent valuation of the assets accumulated under the nonprofit and independent governance of those assets. OpenAI’s new structure delivers neither.
9.17.25
Coalition renews urgent call to California Attorney General Rob Bonta in response to OpenAI's announcement related to its non-profit and PBC
We are calling for Attorney General Bonta to reject OpenAI’s proposal until its nonprofit assets are independently valued, and to redirect those assets into new, fully independent charitable entities dedicated to public benefit and safety.
6.26.25
Coalition renews urgent call to California Attorney General Rob Bonta to protect OpenAI's nonprofit assets
The coalition that got OpenAI to reverse course on its for-profit conversion updates request to CA's Attorney General, asking him to preserve OpenAI’s charitable assets, enforce board independence, and ensure long-term public benefit.
4.9.25
Over 50 organizations call on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to protect OpenAI’s charitable assets from a for-profit takeover
Civic leaders ask the AG to halt OpenAI’s for-profit conversion until its charitable funds are back in nonprofit hands.
1.29.25
Coalition requests Attorney General action to protect OpenAI's charitable assets
In response to OpenAI’s recently announced plan to become a for-profit entity, coalitions asks AG Bonta to take all appropriate legal action.