OpenAI Revenue Reportedly $20 Billion Below Prior Projections of $70B
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-10-09
A new report claims OpenAI's annualized revenue is far below what was previously reported: earlier coverage pegged it at roughly $70 billion, but the actual figure is reportedly about $20 billion less — a gap with major implications for the company's compute commitments and fundraising narrative.
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