OpenAI made ~$13B last year but committed ~$1.15T to compute
Qweskj · reddit · 2026-11-16
A Redditor animated a 3-minute breakdown of how OpenAI's compute spending is funded and how much flows back to Nvidia:
- OpenAI earned $13B last year while committing $1.15T to compute
- The 2026 round: Amazon $50B, Nvidia $30B, SoftBank $30B; closed at $122B on an $852B post-money valuation
- As part of the deal, OpenAI committed to Nvidia Vera Rubin systems (3 GW inference, 2 GW training)
- $300B in Oracle data center deals, also running Nvidia chips
The video closes on a key question: how much is genuinely new money from people and businesses paying for AI, versus the same money circulating among partners?
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