ChatGPT now reaches 1.2 billion people every week, OpenAI says
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OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT now reaches 1.2 billion users weekly, alongside over 35 million weekly users for ChatGPT Work and Codex. The company currently serves 2.5 million businesses and is approaching a $70 billion annualized revenue rate, marking a 70 percent increase since the start of Q3. This rapid growth is largely attributed to enterprise sales and aggressive pricing strategies introduced with the new GPT-6.1-Sol model. Meanwhile, competitor Anthropic is reportedly nearing similar financial heights, having passed a $65 billion annualized rate in July. Anthropic is also preparing for an initial public offering as early as November. Despite these impressive user metrics and revenue projections, questions remain regarding whether income can sufficiently cover OpenAI's substantial data center costs. The surge in adoption highlights the intensifying competition between OpenAI, Anthropic, and Chinese AI models.
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