OpenAI is Nothing Like Tata Trusts’ Board Structure

With Sam Altman’s recent ousting by OpenAI’s board, the limelight fell on the board structure of the company, which facilitated the move. While the board framework is considered different from the norm, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, has called the OpenAI structure to be similar to that of Tata Trusts that are a group of philanthropic organisations in India which was established by the Tata family with close association to Tata Group. However, it is not an apple to apple comparison as both of them operate differently.  Two Independent Bodies Khosla mentioned in his tweet that the Tata Trusts play a significant role in the governance and ownership of the Tata Group, however, Ratan N Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group, is the only common factor to Tat