OpenAI — Annual Expenses: $9B

NoteThe claim specifies 'Annual Expenses = $9,000M (as of 2024-12)' with a breakdown of ~$3B training compute, ~$2B inference compute, plus staff and operations. The source does not provide a specific total annual expense figure for 2024. The source primarily discusses H1 2025 financials ($6.7B R&D, $2.5B cash burn, $2B sales, $2.5B stock comp = ~$13.7B in 6 months). For 2024, the source only mentions that 'both companies were spending over $5 billion a year' (as of August 2025 reporting), which is vague and does not confirm the $9B figure. The source does not break down 2024 expenses into training compute, inference compute, and other categories as claimed. The temporal mismatch (claim is 2024-12, source primarily discusses 2025 H1) and lack of specific 2024 annual expense data make this unverifiable from the provided source.