OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

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11:19 AM PDT · October 8, 2026

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OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly

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11:19 AM PDT · October 8, 2026

Image Credits:

Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images

Lucas Ropek

OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

A little over a week ago,

it was reported

that OpenAI’s annualized revenue was approaching $70 billion, a figure that would have made it competitive with Anthropic’s

reported run rate

. Now, however, the AI lab is said to have told investors that the real revenue is some $20 billion lower than that.

The Financial Times

reports that

the company has told investors that its annualized revenue is “approaching $50 billion.” The $70 billion figure was previously reported by news outlets and based on information that had been shared with OpenAI investors, the outlet writes. That figure was devised via “attempts by OpenAI’s own investors to produce a direct comparison with Anthropic’s annualised revenues,” per the FT.

It’s worth pointing out that OpenAI and Anthropic calculate their annualized revenue differently — with Anthropic counting sales made by its cloud partners. OpenAI doesn’t do this.

TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment.

The issue of OpenAI’s revenue has troubled the company, as it attempts to justify the gargantuan investments being made on its behalf; the AI giant

raised $122 billion

during a March funding round alone. The company’s

leaked 2025 financials

earlier this year showed it had made about $13 billion but spent significantly more. OpenAI’s IPO, which was previously rumored to be materializing this year, has

been pushed off

until early 2027.

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