The $70B OpenAI figure came from investors' estimate, not the CFO, argues ChrisGPT
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-10-09
Responding to Zero Hedge's framing that OpenAI's revenue came in $20B below prior signals, ChrisGPT clarifies that the $70B figure did not come from OpenAI's CFO—it came from investors attempting to compare OpenAI with Anthropic despite different revenue accounting practices.
The author urges people to stop treating an inflated third-party estimate as a sign of revenue deterioration. The underlying fact stands: OpenAI's annualized revenue is near $50B, with the gap explained by accounting mismatches rather than slowing growth.
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