--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "5e5ce50a815456b8676df705f3640a59a963c4d83d5c28adb3e671665bf0ab8f" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/5e5ce50a?lang=en" title: "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 (Financial Times)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-08T16:51:53.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","funding"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261008/p37","https://huggingnews.com/earnings/openai-annualized-revenue-misses-70b-signal-by-20b-c28aaa0f","https://marketbrief.now/earnings/openai-annualized-revenue-misses-70b-signal-by-20b-c28aaa0f","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008187","https://www.ft.com/content/b66a9858-f8fb-46cb-b506-44bfe26fca2a","https://x.com/FT/status/2108238721820614886","https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/2108237863334920306","https://x.com/negligible_cap/status/2108241493219754200"] summary: "OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion at the end of September, which is lower than the $70 billion previously reported by media." --- # 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 \(Financial Times\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-08T16:51:53.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, funding ## Summary OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion at the end of September, which is lower than the $70 billion previously reported by media\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Discussion]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()