OpenAI is raking in massive revenue from its everyday users, with 70% coming from monthly payments of $20 for chat sessions. Despite having 800 million regular users, only a small percentage are paying subscribers. To fund its operations, the company has committed to spending over $1 trillion over the decade and recently secured deals for 26 gigawatts of computing capacity. OpenAI is diversifying its revenue streams through government contracts, shopping tools, video services, consumer hardware, and even becoming a computing supplier. This growth puts pressure on the company to maintain its performance, with some major American companies relying heavily on OpenAI for key contracts.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/openai-has-five-years-to-turn-13-billion-into-1-trillion