profit-making

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Granting nonprofit status to an essentially commercial entity is a mistake, especially if the option to convert to profit-making status remains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Elon Musk faced fiery questioning Wednesday in his court showdown with OpenAI, as he insisted that the maker of ChatGPT had fooled him by turning what was an altruistic pursuit into a profit-making juggernaut.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Valued at roughly $380 billion, Anthropic is legally required to balance profit-making with advancing the company’s public benefit of “responsible development and maintenance of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It all came down to profit-making moves and advertising.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

While the land-mortgage associations are based on the principle of co-operation and do not pursue a profit-making policy, the mortgage banks have been founded as joint-stock companies.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur