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Ask HN: How do non-profit science/tech groups make money (e.g. SRI)?

2 pointsby boltzmannbrainover 4 years ago
More specifically what is the business model for SRI [1]? SRI is a leading nonprofit scientific research institute, with $100M to $1B in annual revenues, and with a long list of for-profit spin-offs [2]. What is the organizational structure of SRI? Do executives (and the initial founders) have equity? What about employees? How do they qualify as a non-profit (enjoying tax benefits) while having commercialization directions?<p>Now consider OpenAI&#x27;s pivot to a &quot;capped profit&quot; company [3]. How does this compare&#x2F;differ with the SRI model? What does OpenAI&#x27;s ownership (captable) look like?<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;SRI_International<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_SRI_International_spin-offs<p>[3] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openai.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;openai-lp&#x2F;

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