17 August 2026

OpenAI enterprise revenue now exceeds consumer revenue

• OpenAI's business-focused products passed consumer products in total revenue during 2024, ahead of the company's own forecast of reaching parity by end of 2026.
• The company's total annual revenue run rate reached 40 billion dollars after growing 20 percent in July, with business customers increasing 32 percent to two million users.
• Customers shifted behavior away from unlimited spending toward measuring the cost of getting useful output from AI, changing how OpenAI prices and packages its products.

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CFO Sarah Friar confirmed enterprise sales officially passed consumer revenue, pushing annualized revenue to 40 billion dollars after a 20 percent spike in July, with business accounts jumping 32 percent to two million users.

Reported by CNBC