Key Takeaways
OpenAI’s revenue for the first half of 2025 was 16% more than its revenue for all of 2024.
The growing startup has a goal of generating $13 billion in revenue this year.
More people are using ChatGPT now than ever, with 700 million weekly users.
OpenAI made more money in the first half of this year than it did in all of 2024.
According to shareholder documents viewed by The Information , OpenAI generated $4.3 billion in revenue for the first six months of 2025, or about 16% more than its revenue for all of 2024.
The strong revenue growth is mostly due to OpenAI’s rapid expansion and the increased adoption of its flagship product, ChatGPT . As of August, the chatbot had 700 million weekly users , four times the number it had at the same time last year.
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