OpenAI's new restructuring plan has implciations for its corporate future, especially if the organization hopes to one day IPO.

OpenAI had been pursuing this corporate restructuring for more than a year, first quietly, and then—as details leaked—in the public eye.The public arena brought lots of critics, from regulators and AI safety advocates to competitors—all of whom objected to OpenAI detaching from its non-profit parent company.

A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.