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OpenAI misses user and revenue targets as its cloud terms loosen

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OpenAI reportedly missed its user and revenue targets with its chief financial officer voicing concern about funding future compute contracts, while a revised Microsoft agreement lets it ship across any cloud and ends the revenue share.

Reporting date: 2026-04-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 29, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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OpenAI misses user and revenue targets as its cloud terms loosen
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Reporting date: 2026-04-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-29-openai-misses-its-targets
Claim: OpenAI reportedly missed its user and revenue targets with its chief financial officer voicing concern about funding future compute contracts, while a revised Microsoft agreement lets it ship across any cloud and ends the revenue share.
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- Welcome to April 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-29-2026
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