OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments
In Brief Posted: 1:26 PM PDT · August 23, 2025 Image Credits:Betul Abali / Anadolu / Getty Images Anthony Ha OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments In a new blog post, OpenAI warns against “unauthorized opportunities to gain exposure to OpenAI through a variety of means,” including special purpose vehicles, known as SPVs. “We urge you to be careful if you are contacted by a firm that purports to have access to OpenAI, including through the sale of an SPV interest with exposure to OpenAI equity,” the company writes. The blog post acknowledges that “not every offer of OpenAI equity […] is problematic” but says firms may be “attempting to circumvent our transfer restrictions.” “If so, the sale will not be recognized…
