OpenAI Lost HOW Much?! 😳

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We got access to Open AI's financials

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for 2025. Just how big are the losses?

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>> So, revenue was $13.07

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billion.

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Cost of revenue, $7.5 billion.

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R&D, $19.1 billion.

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Sales and marketing,

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$5.73 billion. So, you get a total cost

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and expense about $34 billion.

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Lost in operations about $20.9 billion.

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Roughly $21 billion.

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>> When the FT quoted so-called people

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familiar with the matter who said,

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"Actually, the true losses, we should

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say, are more like $8 billion."

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>> If the FT took that number seriously, it

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would be in the headline. It's not. The

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thing to focus on is the actual cost.

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Anyone seriously saying they lost $8

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billion does is the cope Olympics.

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The video analyzes the 2025 financial performance of OpenAI, highlighting a significant disparity between reported operational losses of approximately $21 billion and lower figures suggested by some sources. The discussion emphasizes the heavy expenditures in R&D and operating costs.