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AI Stocks Slide as OpenAI's Real Revenue Comes In $18B Below the Reported Number

OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue reached roughly $50 billion at the end of September, below the $68 billion figure reported widely in late September, because that larger number counted gross revenue from OpenAI's partners. The Financial Times first reported the figure. Nvidia fell 3%, Oracle 6%, CoreWeave 8%, AMD and Broadcom 5%, Intel and Super Micro 6% in Thursday trading. OpenAI is preparing a possible 2027 IPO against an $852 billion valuation and recently said its GPT-6.1 Astra model did not meet safety standards.

Source: AI Stocks Slide as OpenAI's Real Revenue Comes In $18B Below the Reported Number — CNBC

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