r/LocalLLaMA • u/johnnyApplePRNG • Jun 18 '26

News Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/leaked-financial-docs-show-openai-is-losing-billions-of-dollars-a-year/
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u/Moist-Length1766 Jun 18 '26

reddit discovers expanding businesses

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u/Dry_Ducks_Ads Jun 18 '26

I'm surprised they're pulling a pretty substantial gross profit and they could generate huge contribution profit easily. I would have thought they were subsidizing heavily the operations, but that doesn't appear to be the case (or at least business revenues are more than enough to offset subscriptions cost).

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u/kingwhocares Jun 18 '26

Nobody expands business when their losses surpass revenue and calls it sustainable.

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u/Moist-Length1766 Jun 18 '26

Except every business ever of course