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Database Records
Founded Date
Dec 2015
Key People
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Anna Makanju
Head of AI for Civil Society and Philanthropy
2026 – present
Former VP of Global Impact at OpenAI. Joining mid-April 2026 per March 24, 2026 Foundation announcement.
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Jacob Trefethen
Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases
2026 – present
From Coefficient Giving, where he oversaw $500M+ in health and science grantmaking. Announced March 24, 2026.
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Robert Kaiden
Chief Financial Officer
2026 – present
Former senior roles at Deloitte, Twitter/X, and Inspirato. CFO of the OpenAI Foundation, announced March 24, 2026.
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Wojciech ZarembaFounder
Head of AI Resilience
2026 – present
OpenAI co-founder transitioning to a Foundation-specific role. Announced March 24, 2026 as Head of AI Resilience at the OpenAI Foundation.
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Sam AltmanFounder
CEO & Co-Founder
2015 – present
Co-founded OpenAI in 2015. OpenAI Foundation formed October 2025. Per openai.com/our-structure.
All Facts
Financial
Organization
Background
Notable ForFour focus areas announced March 2026: (1) Life Sciences & Curing Diseases, (2) Jobs and Economic Impact, (3) AI Resilience, (4) Community Programs including People-First AI Fund.Mar 20268 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Four focus areas announced March 2026: (1) Life Sciences & Curing Diseases, (2) Jobs and Economic Impact, (3) AI Resilience, (4) Community Programs including People-First AI Fund. | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Safety and Security Committee (SSC) is a committee of the Foundation, not the PBC. Chaired by Zico Kolter. Has authority to require mitigation measures including halting the release of models or AI systems. | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Post-restructuring equity: Foundation 26%, Microsoft 27%, employees 26%, other investors ~21%. Sam Altman received no equity in the restructuring despite earlier reports of up to $10.5B. | view → | |
| — | OpenAI must remain headquartered in California per AG condition | view → | |
| — | Holds a performance warrant for additional equity if OpenAI Group's valuation exceeds approximately $5 trillion by 2040. Exact additional equity amount not publicly specified. | view → | |
| — | Critics argue 26% financial stake is a dramatic reduction from 100% control under the old structure. Board overlap between Foundation and PBC raises questions about real independence. OpenAI dropped "safely" from its mission statement during the restructuring. | view → | |
| — | SSC Chair (Zico Kolter) serves as a non-voting observer at PBC board meetings. Kolter sits exclusively on the Foundation board, not the PBC board. | view → | |
| — | Non-independent directors (including Sam Altman) barred from PBC Audit & Risk, Compensation, and Nominating & Governance committees per California AG conditions. | view → |
General
Other
grant-commitment1 billionMar 20262 pts▶
key-eventWojciech Zaremba appointed Head of AI ResilienceMar 202624 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Link | |
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| Mar 2026 | Wojciech Zaremba appointed Head of AI Resilience | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Foundation pledges $1B in grants; announces leadership team and four focus areas | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Jacob Trefethen appointed Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Anna Makanju appointed Head of AI for Civil Society and Philanthropy (joining mid-April 2026) | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Robert Kaiden appointed CFO of the Foundation | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Jeff Arnold appointed Director of Operations | view → | |
| Mar 2026 | Executive Director still being recruited | view → | |
| Dec 2025 | People-First AI Fund awards $40.5M to 208 nonprofits | view → | |
| Dec 2025 | SoftBank completes $30B investment (contingent on restructuring) | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Profit cap removed as part of PBC restructuring | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Adam D'Angelo on Foundation board and Safety & Security Committee | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Bret Taylor serves as Chair of Foundation and PBC board | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Paul Nakasone on Foundation board and Safety & Security Committee | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Sue Desmond-Hellmann on Foundation board | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Adebayo Ogunlesi on Foundation board | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Restructuring completed; OpenAI, Inc. renamed to OpenAI Foundation; for-profit becomes OpenAI Group PBC | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | California and Delaware AGs issue conditions of non-objection for restructuring | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Zico Kolter chairs Safety & Security Committee (Foundation board only) | view → | |
| Oct 2025 | Nicole Seligman on Foundation board and Safety & Security Committee | view → | |
| May 2025 | OpenAI reverses: nonprofit will retain governance control of PBC | view → | |
| Mar 2025 | Judge denies Musk's injunction to block restructuring | view → | |
| Feb 2025 | Elon Musk-led consortium submits $97.4B bid to buy the nonprofit; unanimously rejected | view → | |
| Dec 2024 | OpenAI announces plan to restructure into PBC; initial plan would have removed nonprofit governance control | view → | |
| Jun 2024 | California AG investigation into OpenAI restructuring (ongoing since ~mid-2024, concluded Oct 2025) | view → |
Board Seats
7| Member | Role | Appointed | Source | Notes | Source check |
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| Adam D'Angelo | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | Quora CEO. Sole surviving pre-2023-crisis OpenAI board member. Serves as independent director on the OpenAI Foundation board. | |
| Sue Desmond-Hellmann | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | Former UCSF Chancellor and Gates Foundation CEO. Independent director on the OpenAI Foundation board. | |
| Nicole Seligman | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | Former Sony Corp general counsel. Independent director on the OpenAI Foundation board. | |
| Adebayo Ogunlesi | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | Global Infrastructure Partners founder. Independent director on the OpenAI Foundation board. | |
| Paul Nakasone | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | Retired General, former NSA Director and US Cyber Command Commander. Independent director on the OpenAI Foundation board. | |
| Bret Taylor | Board Chair | 2025 | openaifoundation.org | Chair of the OpenAI Foundation board. Former Twitter board chair. Became OpenAI board chair in November 2023 after the Sam Altman reinstatement crisis. Foundation formally established October 28, 2025. | |
| Zico Kolter | Independent Director | 2025 | openai.com | CMU machine learning professor. Chairs the Safety & Security Committee. Foundation-exclusive board member — serves on the Foundation board but not the PBC board. |
▶Internal Metadata
| ID: | sid_GQuPhNkZbg |
| Stable ID: | sid_GQuPhNkZbg |
| Wiki ID: | E421 |
| Type: | organization |
| YAML Source: | packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/openai-foundation.yaml |
| Facts: | 47 structured (48 total) |
| Records: | 12 in 2 collections |