OpenAI's transformation from a nonprofit lab in 2015 to a $500 billion tech behemoth has changed the global AI landscape. It was once a research experiment, but it is now at the center of trillion-dollar infrastructures built by Microsoft, Nvidia and Oracle. Despite never making a profit, its impact extends from cloud computing to national policy, posing a critical question: is OpenAI a pillar of global AI infrastructure or has it reached a point where failure is not an option?