OpenAI faced a backlash late last year when it tested app suggestions that looked like unwanted ads. Still, the AI company needs to generate revenue from its popular chatbot to cover the costs of developing its technology and growing the business.
AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to
OpenAI closed a $110 billion private funding round in February 2026, the largest in history, coinciding with reported government support. The round gives OpenAI unprecedented capital to sustain operations and expand infrastructure against competitors. No immediate changes to API pricing or model availability were announced.
OpenAI is reportedly getting close to closing a $100 billion deal, with backers including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft. The deal would value the ChatGPT-maker at $850 billion.
The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation.
OpenAI crossed $25B in annualized revenue as of early 2026, with Anthropic approaching $19B. Both companies are fielding IPO speculation for late 2026. Combined, the two leading AI API providers represent roughly $44B in annualized revenue, establishing large-scale commercial viability for foundation model businesses.
OpenAI has reportedly signed a partnership with AWS to sell its AI systems to the U.S. government for classified and unclassified work, marking an expansion beyond its Pentagon deal last month.
OpenAI shut down Sora, its text-to-video model, on March 24, 2026 after the product reached $15M per day in inference costs. The closure terminated a $1 billion partnership with Disney. Compute resources have been redirected to an internal project codenamed 'Spud.'
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OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.
OpenAI recently added a $100 plan to its lineup, but confusing labels on the pricing page left users guessing about actual usage limits. An OpenAI employee tried to clear things up. The article OpenAI employee tries to explain usage limits of the new ChatGPT Pro plans appeared first on The Decoder.
OpenAI is opening a new office in London with space for more than 500 employees - more than double its current headcount of around 200 in the British capital. The article OpenAI opens London office with room for over 500 employees appeared first on The Decoder.
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are among the high-valuation companies expected to go public in the coming months. But Peter Singlehurst, head of the private companies team at Baillie Gifford, says public market investors have already missed out on a lot of growth. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow
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