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Some numbers: https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/

If those numbers are accurate, I don't think 20% is a really, really big deal. It's like saying "we're digging our grave 20% slower." Ok, but they're still digging!

Or, different analogy, if I'm going broke because I lost my job due to executive AI psychosis, cancelling my netflix subscription doesn't really change the math of not being able to afford rent. It doesn't even really slow it. The amount of money that OpenAI is spending is so absurd that a minor cost saving is like, uh, some progress, but they'd need to do it a lot more to move the needle

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Those finanicals show OpenAI makes good money on inference.

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You might need to reread that mate.

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> Revenue: $3.7 billion

> Cost of Revenue: $2.65 billion

That's how standard accounting rules for public companies would measure it.

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> OpenAI Lost $38.5 Billion In 2025

> 2025 — OpenAI Had $13.07 Billion In Revenue, $34 Billion In Costs and Expenses, and $20.92 Billion In Losses, with a net loss attributable to the company of $38.53 Billion