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epoch.openai.inference_compute_usd.fy
Source: Epoch AI data hub — AI companies (Epoch AI) · CC BY 4.0 · CSV
Epoch AI, 'Data on AI Companies' (CC BY 4.0), epoch.ai/data
| id | value | grade | as of date | published date | tier | audited vs reported | extraction method | review status | retrieved at | http status | content hash | supersedes id | url | flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58ec42defb86acd2 | $1.8B | grade C, evidence tier 5 | 2024-12-31 | 2024-10-09 | 5 | estimated | api | approved | 2026-09-11 10:55 | 200 | 9b2f4ca0bcc7 | — | source page | |
| 0b6d0c8c368c7937 | $8.0B | grade C, evidence tier 5 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 5 | estimated | api | approved | 2026-09-11 10:55 | 200 | 9b2f4ca0bcc7 | — | source page |
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- 58ec42defb86acd2 {"Amount": "1800000000", "Category": "Inference cloud compute", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2024-12-31", "Id": "OpenAI 2024 inference", "Inference compute spend": "1800000000.0", "Notes": "Article states OpenAI projects inference computing to cost $1.8 billion this year. They show a chart rounding this up to 2B.\n\nAlso projects gross margin of 41% and $3.7B in revenue, so the gross margin calculation includes some non-inference-compute costs, since inference compute alone mean ~50% margin.\n\nThis is from a projection of 2024 spending published in October 2024, so numbers are not certain.", "Period type": "Year", "Report date": "2024-10-09", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-projections-imply-losses-tripling-to-14-billion-in-2026?rc=9mzoog", "Source Type": "Media report"}
- 0b6d0c8c368c7937 {"Amount": "8000000000", "Category": "Inference cloud compute", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2025-12-31", "Id": "OpenAI 2025 inference compute", "Inference compute spend": "8000000001.0", "Notes": "Per The Information: \"Last year, OpenAI spent more than $8 billion on the costs of running its AI models for its users, with roughly $4.5 billion on inference for paying users.\"\n\nThis is up ~1 billion from OpenAI's mid-2025 projection of $7B (source 2).", "Period type": "Year", "Report date": "2026-02-20", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-boost-revenue-forecasts-predicts-112-billion-cash-burn-2030?rc=9mzoog", "Source 2": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-spend-100-billion-backup-servers-ai-breakthroughs?rc=9mzoog", "Source Type": "Media report"}