Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference And Its MSFT Revenue Share
Better Offline12 Marras 2025

Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference And Its MSFT Revenue Share

In a Better Offline exclusive, Ed Zitron reveals how much OpenAI spent on inference in 2024 and 2025, as well as how much it paid Microsoft as part of its 20% revenue share. Inference costs are much higher - and implied revenues much lower - than previously reported.

(Free) Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/

The Information - OpenAI’s First Half Results: $4.3 Billion in Sales, $2.5 Billion Cash Burn - https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-first-half-results-4-3-billion-sales-2-5-billion-cash-burn?rc=kz8jh3

The Information (reference to $6bn inference spend) - http://theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecasts-revenue-topping-125-billion-2029-agents-new-products-gain?rc=kz8jh3

Want to support me? Get $10 off a year’s subscription to my premium newsletter: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/w08jbm4jwg it would mean a lot!

YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.

---

LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks

Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/

Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at

Ed's Socials:

https://twitter.com/edzitron

https://www.instagram.com/edzitron

https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com

https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

Email Me: ez@betteroffline.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaksot(218)

Are We At Peak AI?

Are We At Peak AI?

It’s been just under a year and a half since ChatGPT - an AI-powered chatbot launched by so-called non-profit OpenAI - ushered in a new era of investor and media hype around how artificial intelligenc...

10 Huhti 202430min

Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left ft. Molly White

Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left ft. Molly White

Wikipedia, a non-profit encyclopedia that anybody can edit, remains one of the few trustworthy and reliable websites left online. Ed Zitron is joined by critic, researcher and 18-year veteran of the W...

3 Huhti 202437min

Rich Idiots Are Killing The Media To Please The Tech Industry

Rich Idiots Are Killing The Media To Please The Tech Industry

The media industry has laid off over 30,000 people in the last three years as a result of an executive sect that doesn't read, write, or meaningfully contribute to society. Ed Zitron walks you through...

27 Maalis 202448min

How Growth Is Killing Tech's Innovation, ft. Robert Evans

How Growth Is Killing Tech's Innovation, ft. Robert Evans

Ever wonder why Silicon Valley stopped making anything new or interesting? It's because of the same growth-at-all-costs mindset that's destroyed the rest of the tech ecosystem. Ed Zitron is joined by ...

20 Maalis 202453min

Musk's Uncharitable Charity ft. David Fahrenthold

Musk's Uncharitable Charity ft. David Fahrenthold

A New York Times investigation revealed this week that Musk's $7 billion "Musk Foundation" regularly fails to donate enough money to get its multi-billion dollar tax break. Ed brings on Pullitzer-priz...

13 Maalis 202445min

The Metaverse: How Mark Zuckerberg Lied To The World

The Metaverse: How Mark Zuckerberg Lied To The World

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook to Meta, claiming that it was now a "Metaverse company," throwing the entire tech industry into one of its most specious hype cycles. In this episode, Ed Zitr...

6 Maalis 202438min

How The Winklevoss Twins Lost A Billion Dollars

How The Winklevoss Twins Lost A Billion Dollars

Though the Winklevoss brothers are best known for their role in the early days of Facebook, you'll be surprised to learn that they recently lost customers at their cryptocurrency exchange over a billi...

1 Maalis 202447min

The Rot Economy ft Robert Evans

The Rot Economy ft Robert Evans

Ever wonder why Google results are getting worse, or why you aren't seeing your friends on Instagram? It's all because of the growth-at-all-costs economy that's swallowed the tech industry, where the ...

24 Helmi 202448min