OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

In Brief Posted: 11:19 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Lucas Ropek OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

简讯发布于：太平洋夏令时间 2026 年 10 月 8 日上午 11:19 图片来源：Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Lucas Ropek 据报道，OpenAI 的收入比此前预测的少了 200 亿美元。

A little over a week ago, it was reported that OpenAI’s annualized revenue was approaching $70 billion, a figure that would have made it competitive with Anthropic’s reported run rate. Now, however, the AI lab is said to have told investors that the real revenue is some $20 billion lower than that.

一周多前，有报道称 OpenAI 的年化收入接近 700 亿美元，这一数字本使其能够与 Anthropic 报告的运营率相抗衡。然而，据称该人工智能实验室现已告知投资者，其实际收入比该数字低了约 200 亿美元。

The Financial Times reports that the company has told investors that its annualized revenue is “approaching $50 billion.” The $70 billion figure was previously reported by news outlets and based on information that had been shared with OpenAI investors, the outlet writes.

据《金融时报》报道，该公司已告知投资者其年化收入“接近 500 亿美元”。该媒体写道，700 亿美元的数字此前由新闻机构报道，是基于曾与 OpenAI 投资者分享的信息得出的。

That figure was devised via “attempts by OpenAI’s own investors to produce a direct comparison with Anthropic’s annualised revenues,” per the FT. It’s worth pointing out that OpenAI and Anthropic calculate their annualized revenue differently — with Anthropic counting sales made by its cloud partners. OpenAI doesn’t do this.

据《金融时报》称，该数字源于“OpenAI 自身投资者试图将其与 Anthropic 的年化收入进行直接比较”。值得指出的是，OpenAI 和 Anthropic 计算年化收入的方式不同——Anthropic 会计入其云合作伙伴的销售额，而 OpenAI 则不然。

TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment. The issue of OpenAI’s revenue has troubled the company, as it attempts to justify the gargantuan investments being made on its behalf; the AI giant raised $122 billion during a March funding round alone.

TechCrunch 已联系 OpenAI 请求置评。OpenAI 的收入问题一直困扰着该公司，因为它正试图证明其所获巨额投资的合理性；仅在 3 月份的一轮融资中，这家人工智能巨头就筹集了 1220 亿美元。

The company’s leaked 2025 financials earlier this year showed it had made about $13 billion but spent significantly more. OpenAI’s IPO, which was previously rumored to be materializing this year, has been pushed off until early 2027.

该公司今年早些时候泄露的 2025 年财务数据显示，其收入约为 130 亿美元，但支出远高于此。此前有传言称 OpenAI 将于今年进行首次公开募股（IPO），现已推迟至 2027 年初。