[JumpCrisscross]

> Corporations are applications of government power and have no natural rights

Sure. Whatever. The people who own and work at OpenAI have no obligation to remain in California.

(I’d also argue that global norms are currently walking back from the notion of natural rights pretty much everywhere except for in some parts of Europe. The concept doesn’t work without an appeal to divinity.)

[MichaelZuo]

The legal entity is what owns the IP, contracts, obligations, property, etc… so even if 100% of the current employees and owners moved, their collective worth and prospects would be significantly reduced if the legal entity doesn’t also come along.