OpenAI and its technology will remain in the control of a non-profit organization, according to a letter to employees from Sam Altman on Monday. The big picture: OpenAI began as a non-profit, but Altman has been considering changing the structure of OpenAI since shortly after his brief ouster in November 2023 and the cost of building and maintaining ChatGPT has skyrocketed.

OpenAI said Monday its nonprofit wing will keep control over for-profit operations after initial plans to convert the company to a for-profit organization and following outside pressure to stay not-for-profit.

The company's announcement comes after other nonprofit leaders have raised concerns about OpenAI's decision to move its commercial business into its own for-profit company.