Catenaa, Saturday, February 21, 2026- OpenAI is projecting that its revenue will grow at a fast clip in the next few years and exceed $280 billion in 2030, Bloomberg News reported.
The revenue forecast reflects OpenAI’s strong momentum in subscription sales for its AI software to consumers and businesses. OpenAI also recently began testing advertising for certain users, creating a new potential moneymaker for the company.
OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar recently said the company’s annualized revenue topped $20 billion in 2025, up from roughly $6 billion the year prior.
Like its peers, OpenAI is racing to convince more companies and users to pay up for its AI services to help offset the immense cost of chips, data centers, and talent needed to build its technology.
OpenAI previously said it has committed to spending more than $1.4 trillion on infrastructure for AI in the coming years.
The company is now telling investors it’s planning to spend about $600 billion by 2030, the report said.
OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion, Bloomberg News has reported.
The overall valuation of the company, including the eventual funding, could exceed $850 billion.
Also, CNBC reported that OpenAI declared a “code red” in December to focus on improving the chatbot in the face of competition from rivals Google and Anthropic.
ChatGPT had a dip in growth in the fall, but is back to record highs in both weekly active and daily active users, the report said.
The company’s coding product, Codex, has surpassed more than 1.5 million weekly active users, CNBC said.
Codex competes directly with Anthropic’s Claude Code, which has seen a wave of adoption over the last year.
