The dissolution of Brundage’s “AGI Readiness” team, coming just months after the company disbanded its “Superalignment” team dedicated to long-term AI risk mitigation, highlights mounting tensions between OpenAI’s original mission and its commercial ambitions. The company reportedly faces pressure to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit public benefit corporation within two years — or risk returning funds from its recent $6.6 billion investment round. This shift toward commercialization has long concerned Brundage, who expressed reservations back in 2019 when OpenAI first established its for-profit division.