OpenAI's Annualized Revenue Passes $40 Billion, Roughly Doubling in a Year
In one line: According to Bloomberg, OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $40 billion, roughly double its 2025 level.
Key points
- Revenue run rate now exceeds $40 billion, about twice the 2025 figure.
- A run rate annualizes recent performance and differs from confirmed full-year revenue.
- Growth is attributed to expanding ChatGPT subscriptions and enterprise/API demand.
Why it matters
Doubling revenue in a single year signals that demand for generative AI is still climbing steeply. Yet with heavy compute and model-training costs attached, stronger revenue does not automatically translate into profitability.
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How this story unfolded
- LLM
- — Large Language Model의 약자로, '거대 언어 모델'이라고 해요. ChatGPT, Claude 같은 AI가 바로 LLM이에요. 엄청나게 많은 텍스트를 학습해서 사람처럼 글을 쓰고 대화할 수 있어요.