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They do need help, they've yet to turn a profit.

Would they want to turn a profit if they can invest?

If you start a company based on a new-ish idea and you can't figure out how to turn a profit, that's on you.

To be fair, it could be a matter of national security if AGI does ever happen. You'd very much want your country to be the first.

That's closer to an argument for nationalizing the company than it is for shielding them from regulation.

Remember when they were a non-profit so that didn't matter? Ah..

Nonprofits still need to be sustainable, and they’re definitely not

Profit is so 20th century. The new way is to garner hype to build a pyramid scheme for VCs, and sell off your shares before people realize there's nothing here. Actual contribution to the economy are no longer required.

They will probably get it too :)

Not to mention Musk was an original co-founder, left, and then just recently tried to buy it back.

It's all shady-as-fuck.