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Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed. A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s revenues were “well more” than $13bn in 2025
7th Nov 2025

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