OpenAI’s $13bn revenue looks great until you see $20bn losses

Latest OpenAI numbers from the FT:

800m users, 5% paying (40m).
$13bn in ARR.
Implies a $325 annual ARPU, or $27/month per paying user.
70% of rev from subscriptions, rest is API.
$8bn loss in H1, prob $20bn run rate loss now? So basically spending $3 for each $1 in revenue.

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