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OpenAI hits $12 billion in annualized revenue, The Information reports https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-hits-12-billion-annu...


So about the same revenue as SpaceX.


SpaceX is unique.

OpenAI is one of many.


> OpenAI is one of many.

Maybe to you as a tech person who is online a lot/reads message boards/etc.

I don't think my mother in law/the average person knows Claude, Gemini, etc. but I surely overhear young kids/average people on trains talking about "ChatGPT" almost exclusively


SpaceX has a price advantage over their competitors, not a capability advantage.

Putting things in orbit has been possible for ~70 years


Frequency of launches is a capability.


Cessnas have a price advantage over Boeings, not a capability advantage.

Putting things in air has been possible for ~120 years.


The many being companies that no one has heard of and only have a following here.


Let's see how the inevitable patent wars shake out.


But what's SpaceX's revenue growth rate?


OpenAI will likely be a huge business. Just adding a datapoint for reference.


Don't worry, they might be making a loss on each transaction but they'll make it up in volume..


They have invested how much money and still not producing enough volume?




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