OpenAI's run rate is $50B, not $70B
OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was roughly $50 billion at the end of September, CNBC confirmed, about $20 billion below the $68–70 billion figure widely reported a week earlier. The higher number came from investors grossing up partner and cloud sales to compare OpenAI with Anthropic's accounting, not from OpenAI's net share. The same presentation claimed 77% run-rate growth in the third quarter and 107% in enterprise, and Bloomberg says OpenAI still expects to reach $70 billion by year-end. Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave fell on the report. The practical takeaway: AI revenue run rates are not counted the same way across labs, so treat any head-to-head comparison with care. CNBC
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