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OpenAI profitability and gross margins
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Leaked financial data shows OpenAI is profitable on customer-facing operations with gross margins exceeding 40%, contradicting earlier claims that AI labs operate at negative margins and face bankruptcy. However, the company's training costs remain substantial, suggesting profitability depends on separating inference revenue from expensive model development.
- OpenAI achieves 40%+ gross margins on customer-serving operations
- Training costs remain a major expense despite inference profitability
- Leaked data contradicts prior "AI bubble" thesis of negative margins and insolvency
- Ed Zitron's earlier bankruptcy prediction appears disproven by financial evidence
- AI research automation may improve training efficiency and reduce development costs
[BSKY]bluesky2
If the leaked financial data is right, OpenAI is profitable on serving customers with 40%+ gross margins. But training remains incredibly expensive.
Ed Zitron Just Disproved the Core Claim Behind His AI Bubble Case (that the AI labs have negative gross margins and are hurtling toward bankruptcy as a result) www.obsolete.pub/p/ed-zitron-...