TREE NEWS reports: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue reached close to $50 billion as of the end of September, roughly $20 billion below the figure that had circulated widely. Axios had previously reported, citing sources, that OpenAI’s annualized recurring revenue was approaching $70 billion. The company disclosed the lower number directly to investors.
OpenAI tells investors annualized revenue near $50B, below earlier $70B reports
AI take
The gap between the figure OpenAI gave investors and the number that had been circulating is the story here: a company privately correcting a widely repeated revenue claim matters more than the absolute level. It speaks to how loosely AI revenue figures travel through secondhand reporting, and it puts pressure on the diligence standards of the investors being pitched. Whether other AI labs face similar restatements, and how the discrepancy is explained, is the open question worth watching.
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