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OpenAI's revenue grows 10x to $20B as its compute hits 1.9 GW

development2026-01-24

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OpenAI's revenue grew tenfold to more than $20 billion in two years while its compute usage scaled 9.5x to 1.9 GW, and the company launched ChatGPT Go at $8 a month while testing ads.

Reported metric: $20B / 1.9 GW

Reporting date: 2026-01-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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OpenAI's revenue grows 10x to $20B as its compute hits 1.9 GW
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Reporting date: 2026-01-24
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-24-openai-20b-revenue-19gw
Claim: OpenAI's revenue grew tenfold to more than $20 billion in two years while its compute usage scaled 9.5x to 1.9 GW, and the company launched ChatGPT Go at $8 a month while testing ads.
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- Welcome to January 24, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-24-2026
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