Leaked financial documents show revenue climbed sharply from $3.7 billion in 2024, while research, inference computing and sales costs topped $32 billion.
OpenAI generated $13.07 billion in revenue in 2025, up from $3.7 billion in 2024, according to leaked financial documents. The filings indicate the company’s cost base expanded even faster: combined spending on research and development, inference computing (the processing used to run AI models), and sales exceeded $32 billion, producing an operating loss of $20.92 billion. After excluding roughly $30 billion in one-time accounting charges, net loss was about $8 billion. The figures underscore how rapid top-line growth in generative AI can still be outweighed by the heavy expense of model development, computing infrastructure and commercialization.