OpenAI has announced a significant financial and operational milestone, revealing that its annualized revenue run rate surged to $10 billion as of June 2025. This sharp growth — from approximately $5.5 billion in December 2024 — highlights the accelerating adoption of its AI models across industries.
Key Achievements:
Revenue Momentum: The $10 billion figure, which excludes licensing income from Microsoft and large one-time deals, puts OpenAI on a solid path to reach its 2025 revenue target of $12.7 billion — a significant leap for a company that reported a $5 billion loss just last year.
Market Leadership: This growth cements OpenAI’s lead in the generative AI space, outpacing rivals like Anthropic, which recently reported a $3 billion annualized revenue run rate.
Massive User Base: OpenAI’s flagship product, ChatGPT, continues to gain traction with both consumers and enterprises. As of March 2025, ChatGPT had 500 million weekly active users, reflecting widespread integration into daily life and business workflows.
Diverse Monetization Strategy: OpenAI has launched several subscription tiers targeting both individual users and enterprise customers, contributing to its steady revenue climb.
Valuation and Funding: In March, OpenAI confirmed plans to raise up to $40 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, potentially valuing the company at $300 billion. This positions OpenAI as one of the most valuable private tech companies globally.
As AI adoption accelerates across sectors, OpenAI’s strong revenue growth, massive user base, and market dominance underscore its role at the forefront of the AI revolution.
Here are some of OpenAI’s most recent customer partnerships
OpenAI launched its “OpenAI for Countries” initiative, with the UAE as the first partner in May 2025.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with Lawrence Livermore and Sandia labs, have entered collaborations to provide OpenAI models via supercomputing infrastructure axios.com+1reuters.com+1.
In late February 2025, BNY Mellon struck a multiyear deal to integrate OpenAI’s tools—including “Deep Research” and advanced reasoning models—into its in-house AI platform, Eliza
Guardian Media Group announced a partnership with OpenAI in February 2025, supplying journalism content and using ChatGPT Enterprise to power new product development
Starting February 2025, Schibsted integrated its titles (VG, Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet, etc.) into OpenAI’s tools for attributed summaries and enhanced news delivery.
SoftBank / SB OpenAI Japan: A joint venture launched approximately four months ago to build AI services in Japan, rolling out tools like “Cristal” across SoftBank’s subsidiaries, including Arm and PayPay.
In early June 2025, OpenAI expanded its “AI for Impact Accelerator” to India, offering $150,000 in grants (primarily API credits) to 11 nonprofit organizations.
