OpenAI Revenue Figure Nears $50 Billion, Undercutting Earlier $70 Billion Reports

OpenAI recently told investors that its annualized revenue was approaching $50 billion at the end of September, about $20 billion below the $70 billion figure that circulated days earlier. The gap, tied to differing ways of counting partner-related sales, is a fresh reality check for investors using private AI labs' revenue run rates to judge demand for generative AI and the infrastructure needed to serve it.