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FT: OpenAI annualized revenue near $50B, about $20B below earlier reports

The FT reports OpenAI's annualized revenue was about $50B at the end of September, not the $70B earlier figures implied. Per Implicator.ai, OpenAI told investors about $50B now and $70B or more by year-end; OpenAI declined to comment on its funding talks. Bloomberg reports the $70B is a year-end expectation. On Thursday the Nasdaq fell 1.25%, Oracle about 5.5% and CoreWeave nearly 8%, per Implicator.ai.

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Made the five · #4 on Friday, October 9, 2026

OpenAI's revenue run rate is near $50B, not $70B

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Financial Timesft.com/content/b66a9858-f8fb-46cb-b506-44bfe26fca2a

Coverage · 57 articles, oldest first

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  1. Bloomberg

    OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Nears $50 Billion, Less Than Reported

  2. Reuters

    reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/globalfoundries-make-key-ai-chip-component-tsmc-2026-10-08/

  3. DatacenterDynamics

    datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/globalfoundries-signs-2bn-five-year-deal-with-tsmc-for-production-of-advanced-packaging-components/

  4. Proactive

    proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1099832/globalfoundries-shares-rise-on-2-billion-tsmc-agreement-1099832.html

  5. Financial Times154 pts on HN

    Docs: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50B at the end of September, well below the $70B reported by media based on investor docs

  6. ZeroHedge News

    zerohedge.com/markets/nasdaq-tumbles-after-ft-reports-openai-revenues-disappointing

  7. Dow Jones Newswires

    morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/202610087175/oracle-amd-others-slide-after-report-of-revision-to-openai-revenue-estimate

  8. Investor's Business Daily

    investors.com/news/technology/openai-ipo-revenue-ai-stocks-oracle-broadcom/

  9. Yahoo Finance

    finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/openais-annualized-revenue-20-billion-lower-than-prior-investor-estimates-174058048.html

  10. The Wall Street Journal

    wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-08-2026/card/what-s-moving-markets-today--mS634b83y4Lt9A5cRHIB

  11. Quartz

    qz.com/openai-annualized-revenue-50-billion-correction-ai-stocks-100826

  12. Hindustan Times

    hindustantimes.com/business/why-is-openais-annualized-revenue-20-billion-below-earlier-estimates-101791483899903.html

  13. CNN

    cnn.com/2026/10/08/investing/openai-nasdaq-stocks

  14. Barron's Online

    barrons.com/articles/oracle-stock-insider-buying-openai-7a4a91db

  15. Seeking Alpha

    seekingalpha.com/news/4651482-oracle-microsoft-shares-decline-as-openais-arr-called-into-question

  16. Yahoo Finance

    finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/oracle-stock-falls-on-more-debt-to-fund-ai-chip-buying-open-ai-revenue-disclosure-180858662.html

  17. Axios

    axios.com/2026/10/08/openai-50-billion-arr-anthropic-revenue-accounting

  18. Capital Brief

    capitalbrief.com/newsletter/firmus-set-to-shelve-mega-float-bloomberg-dc6ec95f-0545-4eb8-8701-db45c6e1483a/

  19. International Business Times

    ibtimes.com/openais-revenue-was-lower-previously-reported-stocks-dropped-dragged-ai-names-3808393

  20. Reuters

    reuters.com/business/openais-annualized-revenue-20-billion-less-than-previously-signaled-ft-reports-2026-10-08/

  21. Forbes

    forbes.com/sites/fionariley/2026/10/08/nvidia-chief-jensen-huangs-net-worth-falls-below-200-billion-mark-as-tech-stocks-drop/

  22. Yahoo Finance

    finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/oracle-stock-falls-on-more-debt-to-fund-ai-chip-buying-openai-revenue-disclosure-180233070.html

  23. Investopedia

    finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/worries-openai-revenue-rattle-ai-201110597.html

  24. Finimize

    finimize.com/content/openais-run-rate-revenue-looks-smaller-than-expected

  25. Dow Jones Newswires

    morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20261008469/micron-nvidia-and-ai-chip-stocks-fall-as-report-on-openais-revenue-causes-undue-concern

  26. Motley Fool

    fool.com/investing/2026/10/08/why-broadcom-stock-took-a-dive-today/

  27. Financial Times

    ft.com/content/c49f7d52-4b43-4dc9-b21b-a61e8756152f

  28. The Information

    OpenAI’s Annualized Revenue Neared $50 Billion, Lower Than Past Reports

  29. The Information

    OpenAI’s Annualized Revenue Neared $50 Billion, Lower Than Past Reports

  30. The Straits Times

    straitstimes.com/business/openais-annualised-revenue-us20-billion-less-than-previously-signalled-report

  31. Reuters

    economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openais-september-annualized-revenue-nears-50-billion-less-than-previously-indicated/articleshow/134804307.cms

  32. Seoul Economic Daily

    en.sedaily.com/international/2026/10/09/openai-annual-revenue-nears-50-billion-far-below-70-billion

Friday, October 9, 2026

  1. MarketWatch

    marketwatch.com/story/micron-nvidia-and-ai-chip-stocks-fall-as-report-on-openais-revenue-causes-undue-concern-2a2bcf53

  2. Shelly Palmer

    shellypalmer.com/2026/10/openai-revenue-may-be-off-by-20-billion/

  3. The Daily Upside

    thedailyupside.com/finance/hedge-funds/after-headline-making-losses-in-2022-tiger-global-touts-a-5-billion-windfall-on-an-openai-bet/

  4. The Overspill

    theoverspill.blog/2026/10/09/openai-revenue-disappoints-market-start-up-2759/

  5. Hürriyet Daily News

    hurriyetdailynews.com/openai-revenue-gap-sparks-fresh-scrutiny-of-ai-valuations-227911

  6. RTÉ

    rte.ie/news/business/2026/1009/1594668-openai-revenue-gap-report-rattles-ai-stocks/

  7. CNBC

    cnbc.com/2026/10/09/cnbc-daily-open-what-happened-to-the-20-billion.html

  8. The Guardian

    OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected

  9. Forkast

    forkast.news/openais-revenue-appears-20-billion-lighter-than-reported-and-the-gap-is-accounting-not-demand/

  10. Coinpaper

    coinpaper.com/37053/nvidia-and-amd-stocks-fall-over-openais-20b-revenue-gap

  11. Barron's Online

    barrons.com/articles/coreweave-stock-oracle-coherent-openai-d4f7ea23

  12. The Wall Street Rollup

    thewallstreetrollup.com/p/what-you-need-to-know-for-october-9th-8664

  13. Quartz

    qz.com/openai-annualized-revenue-70-billion-projection-2026-100926

  14. International Business Times

    ibtimes.com/openais-revenue-september-was-lower-previously-reported-it-now-expects-it-climb-40-end-3808401

  15. The New York Times

    nytimes.com/2026/10/09/business/dealbook/openai-revenue-safety.html

  16. Euronews

    finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/happened-openai-20bn-revenue-scare-120626411.html

  17. Trak.in

    trak.in/stories/openai-revenue-20-billion-lower-than-previously-reported-raising-questions-about-ai-boom/

  18. Futurism

    futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-openai-billions-failure

  19. Heatmap News

    heatmap.news/am/isaias-gulf-oil

  20. The Wall Street Journal

    wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/navigating-the-fog-of-arr-in-the-ai-era-d5d38958

  21. ZeroHedge News

    zerohedge.com/markets/ai-rally-trapdoor-just-swung-open-violently

  22. PYMNTS.com

    pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/openai-projects-20-billion-jump-in-annualized-revenue-before-year-end/

  23. MarketWatch

    marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-and-micron-shares-bounce-as-investors-get-clarity-on-a-key-openai-matter-ba76ed20

  24. Quartz

    qz.com/nvidia-micron-stocks-openai-70-billion-revenue-2026-100926

  25. Yahoo Finance

    finance.yahoo.com/video/openai-now-expects-70-billion-in-revenue-by-end-of-2026-130955806.html
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