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OpenAI — Annual Cash Burn: $8.5B

Verdictconfirmed95%
1 check · 7/27/2026

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Our claim

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Subject
OpenAI
Property
Annual Cash Burn
Value
$8.5B
As Of
December 2025
Notes
Cash burn of ~$8.5B on ~$20B in revenue for 2025; cash burn rate approximately 43% of revenue.

Source evidence

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confirmed95%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 7/27/2026

NoteThe source directly states 'OpenAI projected full-year 2025 revenue of approximately $13B and cash burn of approximately $8.5B' in the September 2025 disclosure section. The exact stored value in the claim (8,500,000,000) matches the source's stated $8.5B cash burn figure. However, there is a temporal complexity: the source mentions both a September 2025 projection of $8.5B cash burn for full-year 2025, AND a later statement that 'OpenAI projected cash burn of approximately $9B in 2025.' The claim specifies 'as of 2025-12' (December 2025), which would be after the September projection but the source's later mention of $9B suggests the estimate was revised upward. The $8.5B figure is confirmed as a stated projection, though it appears to have been superseded by a $9B projection later in the year. Since the claim explicitly cites the $8.5B figure and the source confirms this was projected, the verdict is 'confirmed' with high confidence, though noting the source also indicates a later revision to $9B.

Case № f_SiRGFVNapgFiled 7/27/2026Confidence 95%