{"id":317547,"date":"2025-08-20T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/?p=317547"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:30:49","slug":"openai-crosses-12-billion-arr-the-3-year-sprint-that-redefined-whats-possible-in-scaling-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/openai-crosses-12-billion-arr-the-3-year-sprint-that-redefined-whats-possible-in-scaling-software\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Crosses $12 Billion ARR: The 3-Year Sprint That Redefined What&#8217;s Possible in Scaling Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/20\/openai-compute-ai.html\">just announced it hit its first $1 billion revenue month in July 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, representing a staggering acceleration from $500 million monthly at the start of the year\u2014a stunning 100% increase in just seven months.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve never seen anything like this. \u00a0And \u2026 it\u2019s accelerating. \u00a0(As is Anthropic at $5B ARR).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar: Biggest issue we face is being &#039;constantly under compute&#039;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8MVlZZ9_t9Y?feature=oembed\"  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<h2>How OpenAI&#8217;s Revenue Sprint Compares to Tech Giants<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how OpenAI&#8217;s timeline compares to other tech titans:<\/p>\n<h3>The Revenue Race: Time to $12B ARR<\/h3>\n<p><strong>OpenAI (2022-2025): ~3 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Started significant revenue generation in 2022 with ChatGPT launch<\/li>\n<li>Hit $12 billion ARR by July 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed to scale<\/strong>: Unprecedented in software history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Google\/Alphabet (1998-2006): ~8 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Founded in 1998, went public in 2004 at $23B valuation<\/li>\n<li>Hit $10.6 billion revenue in 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed to scale<\/strong>: Achieved through search advertising monopolization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meta\/Facebook (2004-2012): ~8 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Founded in 2004, went public in 2012<\/li>\n<li>Hit $5 billion revenue in 2012, reached $12B+ by 2014<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed to scale<\/strong>: Driven by social network effects and advertising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Netflix (1997-2018): ~21 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Founded in 1997, shifted to streaming in 2007<\/li>\n<li>Hit $15.8 billion revenue in 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed to scale<\/strong>: Required physical-to-digital transformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Differentiators in OpenAI&#8217;s Acceleration<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Infrastructure-First Scaling<\/strong><\/span>: Unlike previous tech giants that built infrastructure as they grew, OpenAI requires massive compute infrastructure upfront, creating a unique scaling challenge and competitive moat.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Multi-Modal Revenue Model<\/strong><\/span>: OpenAI achieved $12B ARR through multiple revenue streams simultaneously\u2014consumer subscriptions, enterprise solutions, and API access\u2014rather than the single-channel focus of early Google (search ads) or Facebook (social ads).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Enterprise Adoption Speed<\/strong><\/span>: The company announced earlier this month that it has three million paying business users, up from the two million it reported in February, representing 50% growth in just a few months\u2014faster B2B adoption than any previous consumer-to-enterprise crossover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>AI-Native Architecture<\/strong><\/span>: Every dollar of OpenAI&#8217;s revenue is built on foundation models, making it the first major tech company to achieve this scale purely through artificial intelligence, unlike companies that added AI to existing products.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Build Top-Performing Sales Orgs with OpenAI&#039;s GTM Leader Maggie Hott\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdxLpZxIDqY?feature=oembed\"  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<h2>Revenue Acceleration Beyond Expectations<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s financial trajectory in 2025 has been nothing short of extraordinary. The company has hit $12 billion in annual recurring revenue, with revenue doubling during the first seven months of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>To put this in perspective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong>: $28 million in revenue<\/li>\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong>: $2 billion in revenue<\/li>\n<li><strong>2024<\/strong>: $3.7 billion in revenue<\/li>\n<li><strong>2025 (actual trajectory)<\/strong>: $15-20 billion based on $12B ARR by July, far exceeding original $12.7B projection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This represents a <strong>3,628x increase<\/strong> since 2020, when OpenAI generated just $3.5 million in revenue. Having already hit $12 billion ARR by July 2025, the company is now on track to reach $15-20 billion in annual recurring revenue by year-end, significantly exceeding the original $12.7 billion projection made earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317549 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C893&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"893\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-980x875.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-480x429.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; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/893;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-scaled.jpeg?resize=1000%2C893&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-scaled.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-980x875.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8478-480x429.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>Revenue Composition: The ChatGPT Ecosystem Dominance<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s revenue streams have evolved into a sophisticated multi-tier model:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consumer Subscriptions (55-60% of revenue):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ChatGPT Plus: $20\/month (~15 million active subscribers)<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT Pro: $200\/month for power users<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT Free: Ad-supported tier driving user acquisition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enterprise Solutions (25-30% of revenue):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 million paying business users across Enterprise, Team, and Education tiers<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT Enterprise: ~$60\/seat\/month (custom pricing)<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT Team: $25-30\/user\/month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>API and Developer Platform (15-20% of revenue):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Massive growth in enterprise API usage<\/li>\n<li>GPT-5 API usage has surged since launch, with coding and agent-building work more than doubling, and reasoning use cases jumping eightfold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Compute Crisis: OpenAI&#8217;s Biggest Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the revenue celebration, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar revealed the company is &#8220;constantly under compute&#8221; and faces ongoing pressures from AI compute demands. This isn&#8217;t just a temporary bottleneck\u2014it&#8217;s becoming the defining constraint for the entire AI industry.<\/p>\n<h3>The GPU Shortage Reality<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently announced that the company is &#8220;out of GPUs,&#8221; delaying the broader rollout of GPT-4.5. The new model requires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>30x higher input token costs<\/strong> compared to GPT-4o<\/li>\n<li><strong>15x higher output token costs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tens of thousands more GPUs<\/strong> to support additional users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This compute shortage isn&#8217;t unique to OpenAI\u2014it&#8217;s symptomatic of an industry-wide crisis where AI data centers could require the power equivalent of an entire city by 2030.<\/p>\n<h3>The Stargate Solution: A $500 Billion Infrastructure Bet<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s response has been audacious: The Stargate Project, a new company investing $500 billion over four years to build new AI infrastructure in the United States. Key details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Initial deployment<\/strong>: $100 billion immediately<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partners<\/strong>: SoftBank (financial lead), Oracle, NVIDIA, Microsoft<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity target<\/strong>: 10GW of US-based AI infrastructure, supporting more than two million AI-specialized chips<\/li>\n<li><strong>First facility<\/strong>: Already under construction in Abilene, Texas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, critics question the feasibility of Stargate, highlighting funding concerns where only $45 billion has been secured of the $100 billion commitment, leaving a significant gap.<\/p>\n<h2>Market Position: Dominance Under Pressure<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI maintains a commanding position in the AI landscape, but the competitive dynamics are shifting rapidly across both enterprise and consumer segments.<\/p>\n<h3>Enterprise Market Share Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s enterprise position varies significantly across different AI categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overall AI market share<\/strong>: 12.49% in the artificial intelligence category<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enterprise foundation models<\/strong>: OpenAI&#8217;s enterprise market share dropped from 50% to 34%, while Anthropic doubled its presence from 12% to 24%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subscription sales<\/strong>: Previously commanded 69.9% market share<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weekly active users<\/strong>: 700 million weekly active users as of July 2025, up from 500 million in March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Consumer Market Dynamics: The Three-Horse Race<\/h3>\n<p>The consumer AI assistant market has crystallized into a competitive landscape dominated by three primary players, each carving out distinct positioning:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ChatGPT: The Incumbent Leader<\/strong><\/span> ChatGPT maintains its position as the market leader with the largest user base, though growth has eased as competitors have improved their offerings. Key consumer metrics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Retention strength<\/strong>: 89% of paying ChatGPT Plus customers retained after one quarter, with ~74% continuing subscriptions beyond nine months<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adoption growth<\/strong>: 23% of U.S. adults had used ChatGPT by February 2024, up from 18% in mid-2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student penetration<\/strong>: About 60% of college students regularly use ChatGPT, and nearly 79% of software developers have tried it<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global positioning<\/strong>: Strongest brand recognition and first-mover advantage in consumer consciousness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Perplexity: The Research-Focused Challenger<\/strong><\/span> Perplexity has successfully challenged established players by gaining users in segments overlooked by OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT and compelling Google to respond to its innovations in search and mobile. Consumer growth metrics show impressive momentum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>User growth trajectory<\/strong>: From 2.2 million monthly visits at end of 2022 to approximately 45 million by end of 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>2024 acceleration<\/strong>: Growth from 42 million visits in February 2024 to 52 million in March 2024, representing 23% month-over-month growth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current scale<\/strong>: By March 2025, Similarweb estimated 110.4 million monthly visits to perplexity.ai, with 22 million active users and 780 million queries in May 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Market share position<\/strong>: Capturing 8.03% of the AI chatbot market<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographic diversity<\/strong>: International reach with Indonesia (25% of users), India (22%), and United States (16%) as top markets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Claude: The Quality-Focused Alternative<\/strong><\/span> Anthropic&#8217;s Claude chatbot has the smallest user base of the big four, with usage primarily through API partners and enterprise platforms rather than mass consumer adoption. Consumer positioning characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Platform strategy<\/strong>: Less consumer-facing, integrated through partnerships like Slack&#8217;s AI features and Quora&#8217;s Poe platform<\/li>\n<li><strong>Differentiation focus<\/strong>: Emphasizes &#8220;constitutional AI&#8221; that refuses inappropriate requests, often more cautious or &#8220;polite&#8221; than ChatGPT<\/li>\n<li><strong>User preference<\/strong>: Best for users focused on sophisticated text and code work, with more natural writing style and thoughtful analytical approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Consumer Usage Patterns and Competitive Dynamics<\/h3>\n<p>The consumer market shows several distinct usage patterns:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specialized Use Cases Drive Loyalty<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perplexity excels for research and web search, with ability to direct searches to specific sources like academic papers or SEC filings<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT preferred for all-in-one AI toolkit with image generation and custom GPTs<\/li>\n<li>Claude chosen for sophisticated text and coding projects requiring depth over breadth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Platform Integration Success<\/strong> Perplexity&#8217;s boldest distribution move involved integrating directly into mobile devices, announcing a partnership with Motorola for pre-installation on new smartphones, challenging Google&#8217;s position as default AI assistant. The company is also negotiating with Samsung for similar integration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multi-Tool Strategy Emergence<\/strong> Heavy AI users increasingly want access to both tools due to rate limits and different pricing tiers for specific use cases, using Claude for in-depth writing while using ChatGPT for quick searches and image generation.<\/p>\n<h3>Competitive Landscape Shifts<\/h3>\n<p>The AI competitive landscape has become increasingly dynamic in 2025:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rising Competitors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anthropic<\/strong><\/span>: Reportedly seeking $5 billion in new funding at a $170 billion valuation, nearly triple its level earlier this year<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Google DeepMind<\/strong><\/span>: Gaining ground with Gemini 2.5 models<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Meta<\/strong><\/span>: Aggressively recruiting OpenAI talent for its &#8220;superintelligence&#8221; team<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chinese players<\/strong><\/span>: DeepSeek&#8217;s emergence has challenged cost assumptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enterprise Adoption Patterns:<\/strong> When moving to a new LLM, organizations most commonly cite security and safety considerations (46%), price (44%), performance (42%), and expanded capabilities (41%) as motivations.<\/p>\n<h2>Valuation Journey: From Startup to $500B Behemoth<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s valuation trajectory tells the story of AI&#8217;s explosive market potential:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong>: $29 billion \u2192 $86 billion<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 2025<\/strong>: $300 billion after closing a $40 billion funding round, the largest private tech deal on record<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 2025<\/strong>: Selling around $6 billion in secondary stock at roughly $500 billion valuation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposed $500 billion valuation would make OpenAI one of approximately 20 companies in the world valued at or above this threshold, joining Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta.<\/p>\n<h3>The Funding Machine<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI has become a funding juggernaut:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total raised<\/strong>: ~$57.9 billion across 11 funding rounds<\/li>\n<li><strong>52 total investors<\/strong>, including institutional powerhouses<\/li>\n<li><strong>SoftBank commitment<\/strong>: $30 billion leading the latest round<\/li>\n<li><strong>Microsoft relationship<\/strong>: Remains strategic despite ongoing renegotiations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Financial Reality Check: The Profitability Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Despite explosive revenue growth, OpenAI faces significant profitability challenges:<\/p>\n<h3>The Burn Rate Reality<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2024 losses<\/strong>: ~$5 billion on $3.7 billion revenue<\/li>\n<li><strong>2025 cash burn<\/strong>: Projected to roughly $8 billion this year, a $1 billion increase from earlier projections<\/li>\n<li><strong>Profitability target<\/strong>: OpenAI hopes to turn cash flow positive in 2029, generating approximately $2 billion in cash that year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Revenue vs. Costs Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The economics are brutal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The models are expensive to run, and both OpenAI and Anthropic are spending big to lock in customers<\/li>\n<li>Compute costs continue to rise with model complexity<\/li>\n<li>Talent acquisition costs have skyrocketed in the AI arms race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Strategic Challenges and Opportunities<\/h2>\n<h3>Infrastructure Independence<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI is pursuing multiple strategies to reduce dependence on external providers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Custom Silicon Development:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partnership with Broadcom for custom AI chips<\/li>\n<li>Target: Mass production by TSMC in 2026 using 3nm node<\/li>\n<li>Team: ~20 engineers, including experts from Google&#8217;s TPU project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cloud Diversification:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$11.9 billion agreement with CoreWeave for access to over 250,000 Nvidia GPUs<\/li>\n<li>New partnership with Google Cloud for TPU access<\/li>\n<li>Continued Microsoft Azure relationship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Talent Retention<\/h3>\n<p>The AI talent war has intensified:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secondary share sales could provide incentive for workers to stay with OpenAI as Meta spends heavily to bolster its AI team<\/li>\n<li>Competition for AI talent has led to 2-3x salary premiums<\/li>\n<li>Key executive departures continue to challenge organizational stability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Future Outlook: The Path to AGI and Beyond<\/h2>\n<h3>Revenue Projections<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s aggressive growth targets have been repeatedly exceeded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/span>: Originally projected $12.7B, now tracking toward $15-20B based on $12B ARR achieved by July<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2029<\/strong><\/span>: Targeting $125 billion in revenue<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Long-term<\/strong><\/span>: Potential path to trillion-dollar valuation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Strategic Priorities<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Compute Infrastructure<\/strong>: Scaling Stargate and reducing dependency<\/li>\n<li><strong>Model Advancement<\/strong>: Pushing toward AGI capabilities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enterprise Penetration<\/strong>: Sustaining pace of signing nine enterprises per week<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Expansion<\/strong>: Global data residency and regulatory compliance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Market Implications<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s success has broader implications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI Industry Validation<\/strong>: Proves sustainable revenue models exist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure Investment<\/strong>: Driving massive data center buildouts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Competitive Response<\/strong>: Forcing rivals to match scale and capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The AI Revolution Hits Hyperspeed, Even More.<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s journey to $1 billion monthly revenue represents more than a financial milestone\u2014it&#8217;s definitive proof that the AI revolution has moved from experimental to essential. However, the company&#8217;s &#8220;constantly under compute&#8221; challenge reveals that success in AI requires not just great technology, but infrastructure investments at a scale the tech industry has never seen.<\/p>\n<p>The pace of change is breathtaking: what took Google and Facebook 8 years and Netflix over two decades, OpenAI achieved in roughly 3 years. But this acceleration comes with a new constraint\u2014the physical limits of GPU manufacturing and power generation that will determine which companies can sustain AI leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI just announced it hit its first $1 billion revenue month in July 2025, representing a staggering acceleration from $500 million monthly at the start of the year\u2014a stunning 100% increase in just seven months. We\u2019ve never seen anything like this. \u00a0And \u2026 it\u2019s accelerating. \u00a0(As is Anthropic at $5B ARR). 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