OpenAI doesn’t expect to be profitable until at least 2030 as AI costs surge

# OpenAI Won't Make Money Until 2030 Despite Massive Revenue OpenAI and Anthropic, the two biggest AI companies, are losing billions of dollars annually because training advanced AI models costs an astronomical amount—OpenAI alone plans to spend $121 billion on computing power in 2028. Even though both companies expect to bring in enormous revenues (OpenAI projects $275 billion by 2030), their spending on AI development will be so massive that they won't turn profitable for several more years, which is a stark reminder of just how expensive it is to build and improve AI systems.
As OpenAI and Anthropic move closer to their planned initial public offerings, more details about the finances of both artificial intelligence giants are starting to emerge. It was no secret these companies were bleeding cash, but seeing the actual numbers is still striking. Neither company has m
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