SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

OpenAI is eyeing an expansion in California.

The company's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Chris Lehane, revealed the development and said an announcement is coming "sooner rather than later" in an interview on California Politics 360 . It comes days after the artificial intelligence company announced its restructuring .

The company, famous for its online chatbot known as ChatGPT, started out as a nonprofit. Under the reorganization, the company will have a nonprofit side for decision making and a for-profit entity that will allow the company to raise money, secure investors and operate more like a business. The new structure ultimately allows OpenAI to more easily profit off of its artificial intelligence technology.

"We're now in a position that, in fact, we'll

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