How OpenAI Went From Nonprofit to $1 Trillion

How did OpenAI go from a small nonprofit to a company people say is worth over a trillion dollars? This video tells the whole story in plain words, in four chapters: the nonprofit, the deal, the five days, and the trillion-dollar bet. Characters are cartoon caricatures. Dialogue is simplified and dramatised from public reporting; sources below. Sources: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/ope... https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/11/non... https://openai.com/index/openai-lp/ https://openai.com/index/better-langu... https://openai.com/index/openai-annou... https://openai.com/index/sam-altman-r... https://openai.com/index/announcing-t... https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/202... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5... https://www.wypr.org/2026-05-18/jury-... https://www.semafor.com/article/03/24... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/elon-... https://the-decoder.com/openai-crumbl... https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/22/mic... https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023...