{
  "id": 13864495,
  "title": "Open AI shocks investors: Is the company making much less revenue than the stock exchange believed?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/open-ai-schockiert-die-anleger-macht-das-unternehmen-viel-weniger",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
    "slug": "nzz-wirtschaft",
    "url": "https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/open-ai-schockiert-die-anleger-macht-das-unternehmen-viel-weniger-umsatz-als-die-boerse-glaubte-ld.10028409"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The projected annual revenue of Sam Altman's AI company, Open AI, is currently around $50 billion, not $70 billion as previously reported. This news caused the stock prices of many tech firms to fall, with the Nasdaq index dropping by 1.5%. Companies involved in building AI infrastructure, such as Micron, Oracle, Broadcom, and Nvidia, saw their stock prices decline by 2-5%. Open AI aims to reach an annualised revenue of $70 billion by the end of the year. The discrepancy in revenue figures has raised questions about how the markets misjudged the company's performance by $20 billion.",
  "summary": "The projected annual turnover of Sam Altman's AI company is currently said to be $50 billion, not $70 billion as previously reported. The news caused the stock prices of numerous tech companies to fall on Thursday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Open AI's annual revenue is $50 billion, not $70 billion as previously claimed.",
    "Discrepancy arises from Open AI using Anthropic's higher benchmark for revenue reporting.",
    "20 billion dollar difference raises concerns about potential AI stock market bubble."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}