aceOpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected
OpenAI has revealed that it is making about $20bn less in projected revenue than it had recently indicated to investors, raising questions about the break-neck growth rate in demand for AI. The ChatGPT-maker company has told investors that its revenues for this year would reach $50bn (£37bn), a projection based on sales up to the end of September. However, this is significantly less than the $70bn that it had signalled in information provided to investors last month, which was widely reported. Forecasts of annua…
OpenAI told investors to expect about $50bn in 2026 revenue instead of the $70bn signalled a month earlier, and the news coincided with falls in US tech shares and fresh doubts over AI demand.
The article attributes the gap partly to differing revenue accounting between OpenAI and Anthropic, so it does not establish whether underlying demand has weakened.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-09
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