'We are growing revenue four times faster than the companies who defined the Internet and mobile eras': OpenAI says it's making $2 billion a month mostly from enterprise users

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Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:25:00 +0000

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OpenAI is currently making $2 billion in monthly revenue that's $6 billion quarterly or $24 billion annually.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Tech Radar Pro Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Become a Member in Seconds Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are
now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Join the club Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter OpenAI took a year to make its first billion now it makes twice that every month It has 900 million weekly ChatGPT users, 50 million subscribers and 2 million weekly Codex users Enterprises account for around 40% of OpenAI's revenue as it continues to grow out data center infrastructure OpenAI might not (yet) be a publicly trading company, but the ChatGPT maker has given us one of our biggest insights into revenue to date, claiming it generates around $2 billion in revenue every single month.

The growth is largely driven by enterprise adoption and API usage, but
regular ChatGPT subscriptions also weigh in on the monthly figure as well. Confirmation comes amid plans to "accelerate the next phase of AI" the company just closed its most recent funding round of $122 billion to help build out infrastructure, backed by Amazon , Nvidia , SoftBank, Microsoft and others. Article continues below You may like The true cost of running ChatGPT adds up faster than you think OpenAI is planning a $100 ChatGPT Pro Lite tier OpenAI celebrates 10 years of existence but how has it lived up to its promise of AGI which 'benefits all of humanity'? OpenAI shares a glimpse into its finances Besides banking channels, OpenAI also welcomes over $3 billion
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As for the company in its current state, there are more than 900 million weekly active ChatGPT users, 50 million of whom are paying subscribers. "ChatGPT has 6x the monthly web visits and mobile sessions than the next largest AI app, while total AI time spent is 4x the next largest AI app and
4x all others combined," the company boasted.

Within six weeks of launching its ads pilot, OpenAI brought in more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue, but it's enterprise customers that are the company's most lucrative money-maker, accounting for two-fifths of total revenue.

"Our APIs now process more than 15 billion tokens per minute. Codex now
serves over 2 million weekly users, up 5x in the past three months," the company added. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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Looking back, it took a full year since launching ChatGPT for OpenAI to make its first billion in revenue a figure it was making quarterly, not annually, one year later.

Looking ahead, OpenAI's next stages are to continue work on an 'AI superapp' to combine ChatGPT, Codex, browsing and other agentic AI.

Though OpenAI has not officially announced an IPO date or filing, the last year has been filled with rumors of the company listing publicly. However, while revenue is soaring, profitability is not so clear, and the company
could be waiting to build bigger margins before it expands into the public eye. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!

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