{"id":310594,"date":"2025-03-26T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/?p=310594"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:20:15","slug":"bloomberg-openai-to-hit-12-7-billion-this-year-but-wont-be-profitable-until-125-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/bloomberg-openai-to-hit-12-7-billion-this-year-but-wont-be-profitable-until-125-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI to Hit $12.7 Billion in Revenue This Year.  But Won&#8217;t Be Profitable Until $125 Billion in Revenue, Per Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-26\/openai-expects-revenue-will-triple-to-12-7-billion-this-year?srnd=undefined&amp;embedded-checkout=true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-310595 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1000%2C444&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"444\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=600%2C267&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=768%2C341&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1536%2C682&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1080%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1280%2C569&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=980%2C435&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=480%2C213&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/444;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-310595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1000%2C444&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=600%2C267&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=768%2C341&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1536%2C682&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1080%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=1280%2C569&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=980%2C435&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45%E2%80%AFPM.png?resize=480%2C213&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So Bloomberg has the latest financials and data on OpenAI and it&#8217;s pretty interesting &#8212; and a tale of two worlds.\u00a0 One where growth is beyond jaw dropping.\u00a0 But also where profitability is almost out at infinity.<\/p>\n<h3>Bloomberg reports:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open AI did $3.7 Billion in revenue last year, plans for $12.7 Billion this year and $29.4 billion next year<\/li>\n<li>But doesn&#8217;t expect to be cash-flow positive until 2029 at $125 Billion in revenue; and<\/li>\n<li>OpenAI is in talks to raise a round at a $300 Billion valuation from Softbank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And The Information&#8217;s break-down <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amir\/status\/1904994645589065779\/photo\/1\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amir\/status\/1904994645589065779\/photo\/1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-310607 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM.png?resize=1080%2C704&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"704\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM-980x639.png 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM-480x313.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/704;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-310607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM.png?resize=1080%2C704&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM-980x639.png 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-26-at-3.24.01-PM-480x313.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We mostly knew this.\u00a0 Yes, OpenAI and others are massively subsidizing the costs of AI.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost too cheap for what we get.\u00a0 And even the Free editions of ChatGPT, Claude, etc. are amazing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OpenAI&#39;s projected path to $125B ARR<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80If OpenAI hits their targets, they&#39;ll achieve 35,714x revenue growth from 2020 to 2029 &#8211; potentially the most dramatic business transformation in history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KqEbKEGZC4\">pic.twitter.com\/KqEbKEGZC4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SaaStr.ai (@saastr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saastr\/status\/1934998905995112793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h3>And yet, the growth seems to justify it.<\/h3>\n<p>From ~$30m in revenue in 2021 to $29.4 Billion would be beyond one for the ages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"10 AI Trends in SaaS Right Now with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin on LIVE SaaStr Workshop Wednesday\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J7jbGsL3WsU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.saastr.com\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saastr.ai\/valuation-calculator\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317588 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8490-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C270&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"270\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8490-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8490-980x265.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8490-480x130.jpeg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; 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Bloomberg reports: Open AI did $3.7 Billion in revenue last year, plans for $12.7 Billion this year and&#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link fade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/bloomberg-openai-to-hit-12-7-billion-this-year-but-wont-be-profitable-until-125-billion\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":314470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[]},"categories":[24898,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai","category-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-8.35.56%E2%80%AFAM-scaled.png?fit=1000%2C982&quality=70&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5oib2-1iNA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-26-at-1.58.45\u202fPM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310594"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317643,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310594\/revisions\/317643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}