Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 9, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
OpenAI's revenue doubled to $10 billion since December 2024, driven by AI adoption and ChatGPT models, with a target of $12.7 billion in 2025.
(Reuters) -OpenAI said on Monday that its annualized revenue run rate surged to $10 billion as of June, positioning the company to hit its full-year target amid booming AI adoption.
Its projected annual revenue figure based on current revenue data, which was about $5.5 billion in December 2024, has demonstrated strong growth as the adoption and use of its popular ChatGPT artificial-intelligence models continue to rise.
This means OpenAI is on track to achieve its revenue target of $12.7 billion in 2025, which it had shared with investors earlier.
The $10 billion figure excludes licensing revenue from OpenAI-backer Microsoft and large one-time deals, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed. The details were first reported by CNBC.
Considering the startup lost about $5 billion last year, OpenAI's revenue milestone shows how far ahead the company is in revenue scale compared to its competitors, which are also benefiting from growing AI adoption.
Anthropic recently crossed $3 billion in annualized revenue on booming demand from code-gen startups using its models.
OpenAI said in March it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group, at a $300 billion valuation.
In more than two years since it rolled out its ChatGPT chatbot, the company has introduced a bevy of subscription offerings for consumers as well as businesses.
OpenAI had 500 million weekly active users as of the end of this March.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City and Krystal Hu in New York; Editing by Pooja Desai)
OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate has surged to $10 billion as of June.
In December 2024, OpenAI reported an annual revenue figure of about $5.5 billion.
OpenAI aims to achieve a revenue target of $12.7 billion in 2025.
The growth is attributed to the booming adoption of AI technologies and the popularity of its ChatGPT offerings.
SoftBank Group is leading OpenAI's new funding round, which aims to raise up to $40 billion.
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