OpenAI Reportedly Gains 2 Million Users in 2 Days
almmaasoglu · x · 2026-07-15
A viral post claims that OpenAI added 2 million new users in just 2 days, joking that the infrastructure team will now have to "sleep at the office."
While not an official announcement, this anecdotal guess/meme highlights the massive user growth and subsequent compute pressure OpenAI may be currently experiencing.
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