OpenAI announced that Adebayo Ogunlesi, a senior managing director at BlackRock, is joining its board of directors. Ogunlesi is a founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, which BlackRock acquired for $12 billion in 2023. Ogunlesi emphasized the role of thoughtful strategies and infrastructure investment in unlocking AI's potential. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit and is evolving into a public benefit corporation to pursue commercial growth while maintaining charitable operations.
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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to mate.
00:02OpenAI announced that Adebayo Ogunlesi, a senior managing director at BlackRock,
00:06is joining its board of directors. Ogunlesi is a founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners,
00:12which BlackRock acquired for $12 billion in 2023. Ogunlesi emphasized the role of
00:17thoughtful strategies and infrastructure investment in unlocking AI's potential.
00:22OpenAI was founded as a non-profit and is evolving into a public benefit corporation
00:26to pursue commercial growth while maintaining charitable operations.