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OpenAI — Annual Cash Burn: $8.5B

Verdictcontradicted95%
1 check · 9/21/2026

1 → contradicted

Our claim

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Subject
OpenAI
Property
Annual Cash Burn
Value
$8.5B
As Of
December 2025
Notes
Cash burn of ~$8.5B on ~$20B in revenue for 2025; cash burn rate approximately 43% of revenue.

Source evidence

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contradicted95%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 9/21/2026

NoteThe claim states OpenAI's annual cash burn as of 2025-12 (end of 2025) is $8.5B. However, the source contains a direct contradiction: it first projects $8.5B cash burn for full-year 2025 (from September 2025 disclosure), but then explicitly revises this upward to 'approximately $9B in 2025' in a later section discussing revised partnership terms from October 2025. The revised $9B figure supersedes the earlier $8.5B projection. Since the claim is dated 2025-12 (December 2025, i.e., end of year), the more recent projection of $9B is the operative figure the source provides for that period. The $8.5B was a mid-year projection that was later revised upward. The claim's exact stored value of 8,500,000,000 contradicts the source's revised figure of approximately 9,000,000,000.

Case № f_SiRGFVNapgFiled 9/21/2026Confidence 95%
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