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The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion.
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Barbara Ortutay,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
But there’s also a risk for cooptation, with the most radical components of the movement being sidelined either because of pragmatism (prioritizing the work that can get funded) or discomfort.
Soon enough, there was the Giorgio Armani retrospective at the Guggenheim, and JPMorgan Chase underwrote the opening day of the new MoMA, which had spent half a billion dollars to rebuild itself.
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
The bank initially underwrote EA’s financing on a sole basis late last year, when pricing and terms were at their tightest.