OpenAI announced that Adebayo Ogunlesi, a senior managing director at BlackRock, is joining its board of directors. Ogunlesi is a founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, which BlackRock acquired for $12 billion in 2023. Ogunlesi emphasized the role of thoughtful strategies and infrastructure investment in unlocking AI's potential. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit and is evolving into a public benefit corporation to pursue commercial growth while maintaining charitable operations.