Index
OpenAI — Annual Cash Burn: $5B
Verdictcontradicted95%
1 check · 7/27/20261 → contradicted
Our claim
entire record- Subject
- OpenAI
- Property
- Annual Cash Burn
- Value
- $5B
- As Of
- December 2024
- Notes
- Annual net loss of approximately $5B in 2024 excluding stock-based compensation; total operating costs ~$9B against ~$4B revenue
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkfortune.com/2025/11/12/openai-cash-burn-rate-annual-losses-2028-profitable-2030-financial-documents/resource
contradicted95%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 7/27/2026
NoteThe claim asserts OpenAI's annual cash burn as of 2024-12 was $5 billion ($5,000,000,000). However, the source article is dated November 12, 2025, and discusses 2025 projections ($9 billion net loss for 'this year'), not 2024 actuals. The source does not provide 2024 year-end figures. The additional context in the claim mentions '~$9B' net loss in 2024, but the source's $9 billion figure refers to 2025 spending/loss projections, not 2024 results. The claim's $5B figure for 2024 is not supported by this source, which only discusses forward-looking 2025+ projections. This is a temporal mismatch: the claim is about 2024-12, but the source only provides 2025 data.
Case № f_Fy9eOKxsbAFiled 7/27/2026Confidence 95%