OpenAI expects to more than triple its revenue this year and then double it next year.

OpenAI, the market leader in generative artificial intelligence systems, remains nominally a startup, its financial statements are not officially published, so we have to get data from unofficial sources. They say that OpenAI’s revenue will more than triple this year.

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Last year, according to Bloomberg, the company’s revenue did not exceed $3.7 billion, but this year it is expected to grow to $12.7 billion. Next year, the growth rate will slow down, but revenue will still more than double to $29.4 billion. According to data from September last year, OpenAI at that time expected to earn only $11.6 billion in 2025.

OpenAI incurs huge expenses on developing computing infrastructure and expanding its staff, so it expects to break even no earlier than 2029, when its revenue will reach $125 billion. The company receives a significant portion of its income from ChatGPT subscribers. As of September last year, a million people were using the corporate version of the chatbot. Currently, users must pay $200 per month to access OpenAI’s most advanced language models. In addition, the company’s management is discussing the possibility of introducing a tariff plan that implies a subscription fee of several thousand dollars per month. OpenAI’s capitalization is estimated at $300 billion, but in order to attract more investors, it must change its organizational structure, since it is currently run by a non-profit organization.