{
  "id": 13029920,
  "title": "OpenAI’s September annualized revenue nears $50b: source",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/openais-september-annualized-revenue-nears-50b-source",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T04:45:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tech in Asia",
    "slug": "tech-in-asia",
    "url": "https://www.techinasia.com/news/openais-september-annualized-revenue-nears-50b-source"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OpenAI's annualized revenue for September is near $50 billion, according to a report. This figure is lower than previously reported, with some investors having been led to believe it was $70 billion. The discrepancy arises from how OpenAI and rival Anthropic calculate revenue, with OpenAI excluding sales through partners such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, while Anthropic includes these sales and related fees.\n\nThe lower revenue figure has raised questions about the solidity of the AI business and has weighed on AI-linked stocks. Investors track annualized revenue at OpenAI and Anthropic as a signal of demand for artificial intelligence, which helps justify spending on data centers and drives the AI-fuelled stock market rally.\n\nA person familiar with the matter told CNBC that the earlier number, which was reported as $68 billion, counted gross revenue from OpenAI's partnerships with companies like chipmaker Nvidia, in an attempt to make it easier for investors to measure the company against Anthropic. The Financial Times reported that OpenAI's annualized revenue was about $20 billion below levels the company had previously indicated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "OpenAI’s September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated, source says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/openais-september-annualized-revenue-nears-50-billion-less-than",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:12:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/openais-september-annualized-revenue-nears-50-billion-less-than-13008518",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:22:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Asian tech stocks slide as OpenAI revenue forecast disappoints",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/asian-tech-stocks-slide-as-openai-revenue-forecast-disappoints",
        "published": "2026-10-09T04:58:25.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}