for profit

Example Sentences

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OpenAI said that Musk was aware of the for-profit conversion and even supported it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

He alleges OpenAI took $38 million in donations when it was founded as a nonprofit, then used it to convert into a for-profit company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

He criticized it for being a “closed source” for-profit company.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

"I gave them $38 million of essentially free funding which they then used to create an $800 billion for-profit company. I literally was a fool," Musk told the court Wednesday, before cross-examination began.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Technical academies are well represented, most of them from the for-profit sector that has been under scrutiny in recent years because students too often emerge with tens of thousands of dollars of debt—but not jobs.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove