We don't know if OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is making money so far. But thanks to a Wednesday report in InformationWhat we do know is that the company doubled its annualized revenue (a measure of the previous month's revenue multiplied by 12, as the publication helpfully explained) in the last six months.
OpenAI's annualized revenue was $3.4 billion, CEO Sam Altman told staff. That's up from $1.6 billion at the end of last year and $1 billion a year ago. Most of this revenue came from a subscription version of ChatGPT, which offers higher messaging limits to people who pay at least $20 a month, as well as from developers who pay the company to use the company's large language models. company in its own applications and services. About $200 million annually comes from Microsoft, giving OpenAI a share of sales of OpenAI's large language models to customers using Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform aimed at enterprises.
In particular, an OpenAI spokesperson said Information that the financials were “inaccurate,” but did not explain what details he was questioning. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Engadget's request for comment.
Earlier this week, Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI. The company plans to connect ChatGPT directly to its iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems, allowing Siri to communicate with ChatGPT to answer questions. However, the financial terms of that agreement are still unknown.
