OpenAI is starting to look like the world’s most expensive experiment in proving that revenue and profitability are two very different things. The technology is impressive, but if every new customer brings another mountain of computing costs, scaling up might just mean losing money faster.
According to their own plans they expect to lose several hundred billions between 2026-2030, but revenue will catch up to the losses somewhere along the way?
OpenAI is starting to look like the world’s most expensive experiment in proving that revenue and profitability are two very different things. The technology is impressive, but if every new customer brings another mountain of computing costs, scaling up might just mean losing money faster.
According to their own plans they expect to lose several hundred billions between 2026-2030, but revenue will catch up to the losses somewhere along the way?
Yes, it’s under step 2: “A miracle happens here”