Brandon Fletcher
According to a recent report from the Financial Times, OpenAI has informed its investors that the company anticipates generating $50 billion in revenue for the current year.
This figure represents a significant decrease of $20 billion from earlier forecasts made just last month, which had predicted OpenAI would achieve $70 billion in annual revenue.
AI companies, including Anthropic and OpenAI, are currently engaged in an unprecedented surge of infrastructure investment, with the industry collectively spending trillions on data centers and various resources. As noted by CNN, the Financial Times’ report has the potential to “rattle investors” who are concerned about the profitability of these companies in the long run.
Following the announcement of the revenue shortfall, tech stocks experienced a downturn in the market.
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The Financial Times reported that the $70 billion estimate did not originate from OpenAI itself. Instead, it stemmed from investors comparing OpenAI’s revenue to that of its primary competitor, Anthropic. Notably, Anthropic’s revenue projections include earnings from cloud service providers, while OpenAI does not factor these into its revenue calculations.
In March, OpenAI successfully raised $122 billion at a valuation of $852 billion. The company is now actively seeking an additional $30 billion in funding, aiming for a valuation of approximately $1.4 trillion.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced last month that the company’s initial public offering (IPO) would be postponed and is now not expected until 2026. Altman cited concerns over AI safety as the primary reason for this delay.
While Anthropic still intends to go public sometime this year, its prospectus highlights some revenue challenges as well, including a reported loss of $42 billion in 2025.
Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in April 2025, alleging that OpenAI infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in the training and operation of its AI systems.
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