Universities (Harvard, MIT, Stanford) will transition to for-profit public benefit companies

Universities (Harvard, MIT, Stanford) will transition to for-profit public benefit companies | I think the OpenAI transition from nonprofit to PBC is in fact a template for the future of nonprofits in general, educational and otherwise. One of my fever dreams is to take some of the the largest research universities in this country, which are right now nonprofits, and with the help of government, transition them over to being for-profit public benefit companies, and then take them public.

I think the OpenAI transition from nonprofit to PBC is in fact a template for the future of nonprofits in general, educational and otherwise. One of my fever dreams is to take some of the the largest research universities in this country, which are right now nonprofits, and with the help of government, transition them over to being for-profit public benefit companies, and then take them public.

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