OpenAI falls short of revenue and user targets as it races toward IPO: Report

OpenAI has fallen short of its goals for new users and revenue in recent months, sparking concern among some company leaders over whether it can support its extensive data-center spending, the Wall Street Journal ‌reported on ⁠Monday, ⁠citing people familiar with the matter.

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CFO Sarah Friar has expressed concerns to other ​company leaders that the ChatGPT creator might not be able to pay for future computing contracts ​if revenue doesn't grow fast ⁠enough, according ‌to the report.


OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets earlier this year ⁠after losing ground to Anthropic in coding and enterprise markets, the report said.

"This is ​ridiculous. We are totally aligned on buying as much compute as we can and working hard on it together every day," CEO and cofounder Sam Altman and Friar said ‌in an emailed statement to Reuters.

ChatGPT's growth slowed toward the end of ​last ​year, the WSJ ⁠report said, adding that OpenAI fell short of an internal target to reach 1 billion weekly active ​users for the artificial intelligence chatbot by year-end.

The company has also grappled with subscriber defections, the report added.