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And if you can't do it without money?

Two different things to have a product to sustain research and expenses vs. having a product to make company grow exponentially and make investors richer

What if OpenAI couldn't bring ChatGPT out with the fund they was able to raise prior to converting to for-profit?

If investors didn't get any benefits ("richer" in your parlance) why should they invest?

If they didn't invest where would the money come from? tax dollar? Can you envision tax dollar be spent on AI research? or would they bring ChatGPT as quickly or as capable?

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