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Re:OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously sign... by 6thbit on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:27PM (#50009879)
Exactly.

  > far short of the $70bn reported by the FT and other media outlets late last month based on information that was provided to investors.
Media was mislead by second hand information and misled the public, now they are 'shocked' they reported incorrectly..

Still, seems it is still true that their number is not directly comparable to Anthropic's because they calculate it differently, I think that part still stands and is pretty relevant here.

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Re:OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously sign... by CodingJeebus on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:03PM (#50011311)
Stories like these almost always ask for comment from the subject before publishing. If the initial numbers were wrong and OpenAI had a problem with it, they could've responded to the reporters at that time or at publish time, but they didn't. It's highly unlikely the original sourcing wasn't tied to OpenAI.
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Re:OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously sign... by 6thbit on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:50PM (#50012069)
They didn’t mention asking OpenAI for comment on that figure in the original story. They just quoted a person with knowledge of the group’s finances. Nothing about declining to comment.
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Re:OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously sign... by himaraya on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:29PM (#50013327)
They asked for comment for the misleading original $40bn base figure.
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