{"id":6432,"date":"2025-11-03T22:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/sam-altman-loses-cool-revenue\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:13:12","slug":"sam-altman-loses-cool-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/sam-altman-loses-cool-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman Loses His Cool When Asked About OpenAI\u2019s Minuscule Revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OpenAI is planning to spend an exorbitant amount of money<\/a> building out AI infrastructure, as it continues trying to achieve artificial general intelligence through sheer computational scale.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s despite its revenue lagging far behind its enormous spending spree, with recently released Microsoft earnings suggesting that the Sam Altman-led company lost a whopping $11.5 billion last quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even its blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT, which accounts for the majority of the company\u2019s revenue, appears to be stalling out on new subscribers<\/a>. OpenAI is struggling to convince more than a measly five percent<\/a> of its 800 million active ChatGPT users to pay for a subscription.<\/p>\n

During a recent interview with podcaster and OpenAI investor Brad Gerstner, Altman lost his cool when he was asked outright how it all adds up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a company with $13 billion in revenues make $1.4 trillion of spend commitments?\u201d Gerstner asked him. \u201cYou\u2019ve heard the criticism, Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to sell your shares, I\u2019ll find you a buyer,\u201d a taken-aback Altman replied curtly. \u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surprised by the confrontation, Gerstner let out a laugh in response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of people who talk with a lot of breathless concern about our compute stuff or whatever that would be thrilled to buy shares,\u201d Altman said, digging in his heels. \u201cWe could sell your shares or anybody else\u2019s to some of the people who are making the most noise on Twitter about this very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Apparently, if you ask @sama<\/a> how his $13 billion money-losing for profit not-for-profit can support $1.4 TRILLION of spend commitments, he gets very defensive and starts to attack non-existent short sellers.<\/p>\n

I cannot wait for @OpenAI<\/a> to be a public company. pic.twitter.com\/DTPVJJf86x<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Compound248 \"\ud83d\udcb0\" (@compound248) November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The testy exchange, which made the rounds on social media<\/a>, highlights rapidly growing concerns of an AI bubble, with companies increasingly struggling to assure investors that they\u2019ll see returns on their investments.<\/p>\n

Even Altman himself admitted in an interview with reporters in August<\/a> that we are in a \u201cphase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI,\u201d which could lead to \u201csomeone\u201d losing a \u201cphenomenal amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stakes are enormous. OpenAI is now understood to be the most valuable private company<\/a> on Earth, despite bleeding billions of dollars, with Bernstein Research analyst\u00a0Stacy Rasgon arguing in a recent note to investors<\/a> that Altman \u201chas the power to crash the global economy for a decade or take us all to the promised land.\u201d<\/p>\n

Altman\u2019s short-tempered answer also highlights how he has seemingly grown tired of justifying OpenAI\u2019s enormous spending. That\u2019s despite Gerstner asking an arguably justifiable question that\u2019s likely already on the minds of countless investors.<\/p>\n

The OpenAI CEO disputed Gerstner\u2019s estimation of the company\u2019s revenues, but didn\u2019t elaborate with actual numbers beyond claiming that \u201crevenue is growing steeply\u201d and OpenAI is taking an \u201copen bet that it\u2019s continuing to grow.\u201d The company isn\u2019t technically required to publicize the figures as it\u2019s not public \u2014 although that could soon change, with Reuters<\/em> reporting<\/a> last week that OpenAI is \u201claying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Altman seemed to nod to the possibility, joking that he would love to see short sellers \u201cget burned\u201d if the company goes public.<\/p>\n

More on OpenAI:<\/strong> OpenAI\u2019s Browser Avoids Large Part of the Web Like the Plague<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Sam Altman Loses His Cool When Asked About OpenAI\u2019s Minuscule Revenue<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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