OpenAI expects revenue to climb from $36 billion in 2026 to $350 billion in 2030, with cumulative revenue near $840 billion, while projecting $278 billion in negative free cash flow over the same period. The forecast, from an OpenAI presentation summarized by Reuters on September 18, 2026, assigns roughly $856 billion to computing power and infrastructure. Negative free cash flow measures cash remaining after operations and investment, rather than accounting profit or loss. The spending outlook is tied to the cost of training and serving frontier models, including accelerators, power, cooling, data centers and networking. OpenAI separately has stated a goal of 30 gigawatts of compute capacity by 2030. The company raised $122 billion in March 2026 at an $852 billion valuation, but the presentation indicates that capital could run out around 2028 if spending follows the planned path. The projected cash deficit narrowed from an earlier May 2026 estimate of about $305 billion, suggesting that product launches and usage growth have improved the outlook without eliminating the need for additional funding. Separate market coverage described early talks for a new round at a valuation above $1.2 trillion. The forecast remains a planning document rather than an audited result and depends on continued consumer, enterprise and API adoption amid competition from other frontier labs and lower-cost open-weight systems. The source also includes promotional claims about KuCoin 5.0, including a unified account, access to stocks, indices and commodities, tokenized real-world assets, KCUSD yield, an AI assistant, and stated MiCAR, Proof of Reserves, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 credentials. Crypto traders remain exposed to narratives around AI infrastructure, miners with spare power and AI-themed tokens, but those instruments do not represent claims on OpenAI equity or cash flows.