PRESS ROOM
Tech companies, they like to disrupt. But we can’t let them disrupt our charitable system and get away with it. We have a tool already—a nonprofit OpenAI with a stated mission to do good things. It would be a shame if that was lost in the race of developing AI.
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
The importance of this matter to the public cannot be overstated. OpenAI is likely the largest nonprofit in the world, and the technology it is developing will impact every aspect of our lives.
Catherine Bracy
TechEquity
OpenAI’s original charge was to harness its world-changing technology for the benefit of all of humanity. Imagine the good that could come of AG Bonta using his authority to safeguard OpenAI’s multi-billion dollar assets for the public – as intended.
Terri Olle
Economic Security CA
Press Statements
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.