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According to Reuters [1] in 2022 they projected $200 million revenue in 2023 and $1 billion revenue in 2024.

In 2019 they Planned to spend the then 1 bn funding within the next 5 years or so.

So I suppose they’re not far away from net zero at least.

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/business/chatgpt-owner-openai-projec...

Also, recently sama indicated chatgpt would make a little money (since the context of this statement is how the hell it could be profitable I assume he talked about profit). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34992606

It will be interesting to see how their sales progress after the initial hype period. Some of their contracts to incorporate gpt into products sounded like initial marketing and hype, but perhaps even independent of those, they will make it back with services to bing. But the subdued reaction to gpt4's increase in capabilities means their might be a lack of incentive to pay for improved versions.

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