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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 days agoAI as a technology is so far not profitable for anybody. The hardware AI runs on is profitable, as might be some start ups that are heavily leveraging AI, but actually operating AI is so far not profitable, and because increasingly smaller improvements in AI use exponentially more power, there’s no real path that is visible to any of us today that suggests anyone’s yet found a path to profitability. Aside from some kind of miracle out of left field that no one today has even conceived, the long term outlook isn’t great.
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Absolute delusion right here
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Delusion? Ok let’s get it straight from the horse’s mouth then. I’ve asked ChatGPT if OpenAI is profitable, and to explain its financial outlook. What you see below, emphasis and emojis, are generated by ChatGPT:
OpenAI is not currently profitable. Despite its rapid growth, the company continues to operate at a substantial loss.
📊 Financial Snapshot
Annual recurring revenue (ARR) was reported at approximately $12 billion as of July 2025, implying around $1 billion per month in revenue YouTube+2Hacker News+2Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At+4Reuters+4PYMNTS.com+4.
Projected total revenue for 2025 is $12.7 billion, up from roughly $3.7 billion in 2024 Tap Twice DigitalSaaStr.
However, OpenAI’s cash burn has increased, with projected operational losses around $8 billion in 2025 alone
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You use one company thats is spearheading the entire industry as your example that no AI company is profitable. Either you are argueing in extremely bad faith or you’re invredibly stupid I’m sorry.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Of course I used the company that is the market leader in AI as an example that AI companies are not profitable… that’s how that works.
They’re not the only AI company that’s not profitable, like I said none of them are. You can take your pick of you don’t like OpenAI as an example.