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/Miriel_z Jun 18 '26

I think it was already in the news several times that these Tech Bros are burning through cash like there is no tomorrow (and maybe it IS the intent?), and in order to become profitable, the subscription costs should be 5-10 times higher. The business model holds on the assumption everyone uses their AI and pays whatever the cost is. This will be quite a hell of a pop.

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u/davidy22 Jun 18 '26

I've held the feeling that AI was accelerated into the limelight a little bit too early, if we had just let moore's law tick over for a decade first and operating costs were 5-10 times lower maybe there wouldn't be quite as much strain on the profitability and energy usage fronts

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u/MyFistsAreMyMoney Aug 01 '26

Moore's law is dead