OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says the company's compute grew from 0.2 GW in 2023 to ~1.9 GW in 2025 and its annualized revenue grew from $2B in 2023 to $20B+ in 2025
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Sam Altman says OpenAI doesn't want government guarantees for data centers and expects to fund investments with revenues hitting “hundreds of billions by 2030”
company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry Victor Tangermann / Futurism : Trump Admin Says It's Not Bailing Out the AI Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes Arsheeya Bajwa...
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar clarifies the startup is not seeking a government “backstop” for its infrastructure deals, saying her use of the word “muddied the point”
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said late Wednesday that the artificial intelligence startup is not seeking …
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says an “IPO is not on the cards right now”, and that OpenAI hopes the US government will “backstop” financing of its data center deals
Sarah Friar says the AI giant could reach break-even quickly and would like government backstop on data-center investments
OpenAI hires former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business finance officer, reporting to CFO Sarah Friar, to oversee infrastructure spending; he left xAI in July
OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer …
OpenAI projects hitting $200B in revenue in 2030, with R&D costs amounting to ~45% of that, or ~$90B; Big Tech's R&D costs are currently 10% to 25% of revenue
Seems like MANY users have to start paying and a lot of bonds / IPO funds. [embedded post] Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : Also - it is shocking and appalling that OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar signed off on th...
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says that the startup hit its first $1B revenue month in July and that “the biggest thing we face is being constantly under compute”
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Source: Fidji Simo will oversee several OpenAI executives who previously reported to Altman, including COO Brad Lightcap, CFO Sarah Friar, and CPO Kevin Weil
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An interview with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Donald Trump being the “president of this AI generation”, Elon Musk's public threats, ChatGPT user growth, and more
OpenAI's Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar played down on Tuesday public threats to the ChatGPT maker from Elon Musk …
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says OpenAI is weighing an ads model, but plans to be “thoughtful”; sources and LinkedIn analysis: OpenAI hired Meta and Google ad talent
ChatGPT maker hires advertising talent from big tech rivals — OpenAI is discussing plans to introduce advertising …