OpenAI's math: ~$15B from users, trillions from investors betting on automating all labor
ComfortableSpeech302 · reddit · 2026-09-18
A Reddit post breaks down OpenAI's capital thesis: membership fees generate roughly $15B, but the real money comes from investors committing trillions, betting that labor — cognitive first, then physical — will be fully automated against a $10-30T annual global labor pool. It also quotes commentary on incentives: 'power corrupts, money corrupts... it's a general problem for any agent.'
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