Revenue growth has been dramatic. OpenAI generated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024 before jumping to $13.07 billion in 2025. By the end of that year, monthly...
The important number is the ratio between their loss and their revenue.
i.e. the convenience store down the street could operate at a loss before turning profitable, and accumulate far less than half the debt of iHeartRadio, but that doesn’t mean the convenience store is the better long term investment. When it turns a profit, it’s potential profit is far smaller than iHeartRadio’s was.
Don’t know about iheartradio but OpenAI’s 3:1 ratio for 2026 does not bode well. That’s without considering therir future operational commitments, which are quite high.
Talking total debt is somewhat meaningless.
The important number is the ratio between their loss and their revenue.
i.e. the convenience store down the street could operate at a loss before turning profitable, and accumulate far less than half the debt of iHeartRadio, but that doesn’t mean the convenience store is the better long term investment. When it turns a profit, it’s potential profit is far smaller than iHeartRadio’s was.
Don’t know about iheartradio but OpenAI’s 3:1 ratio for 2026 does not bode well. That’s without considering therir future operational commitments, which are quite high.