ChatGPT’s revenue means nothing if reports are to be believed that it loses money on each paying customer on just inference. It’s definitely not enough to suppo

ChatGPT’s revenue means nothing if reports are to be believed that it loses money on each paying customer on just inference. It’s definitely not enough to support its training costs. Sam Altman: We're very profitable on inference. https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/17/sam-altman/#:~:text=Subscribe,2025%20at%2012:53%20am https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/17/sam-altman/#:~:text=Su... Independent analysis: Inference is very profitable. https://martinalderson.com/posts/are-openai-and-anthropic-really-losing-money-on-inference/ https://martinalderson.com/posts/are-openai-and-anthropic-re... https://www.snellman.net/blog/archive/2025-06-02-llms-are-cheap/ https://www.snellman.net/blog/archive/2025-06-02-llms-are-ch...