OpenAI has committed more than $1.4 trillion to building out its data center infrastructure in the next 8 years. It’s projected to lose $74 billion in 2028 alone, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal citing internal documents from the company. On the opposite end of the spectrum, AI startup Anthropic is chugging along with a fraction of the hype that Sam Altman’s company enjoys, and it will reportedly manage to break even that same year.

The documents seem to suggest very different paths to profitability for the companies. Anthropic, which most recently raised money from investors at a nearly $200 billion valuation, has quietly been building up a subscriber base of corporate customers. According to a report from WSJ earlier this month, about 80% of Anthropic’s revenu

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