OpenAI projects losses through 2030 as AI infrastructure costs surge

OpenAI does not expect to achieve profitability until at least 2030, according to internal projections reported Monday, as the artificial intelligence company grapples with surging costs for compute infrastructure and model development. The San Francisco-based firm, valued at approximately $300 billion in its most recent funding round, faces mounting expenses from training large language models and operating services like ChatGPT, which serves hundreds of millions of users. The extended timeline to profitability underscores the capital-intensive nature of frontier AI development and raises questions about the sustainability of current business models in the generative AI sector. OpenAI has previously explored revenue diversification through enterprise partnerships and API services, but the scale of infrastructure investment required to maintain competitive capabilities continues to outpace revenue growth. The disclosure comes as the company separately releases policy recommendations addressing AI's economic disruption, including proposals for robot taxes and sovereign wealth funds.