Overview
- Pressed on how OpenAI will fund more than $1 trillion in long-term compute commitments, Altman said the company is generating “well more” than the widely cited $13 billion annual figure.
- He suggested annual revenue could reach roughly $100 billion as early as 2027, accelerating previously reported timelines.
- Altman said revenue is growing steeply and outlined ambitions spanning an AI cloud, a consumer device effort, and tools to automate scientific work.
- He cautioned that failure to secure sufficient compute could derail execution, even with strong demand.
- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella said OpenAI has beaten business plans provided to the company, and Altman said there is no IPO timetable as Fortune reported a recent $4 billion charge in Microsoft’s results as implying heavy OpenAI-related losses.