openai Revenue Surpasses $1.3 Billion, Fueled by AWS Partnership and Ambitious Expansion Plans
SAN FRANCISCO – November 3, 2025 - OpenAI‘s revenue has surged past $1.3 billion, demonstrating rapid growth as the artificial intelligence leader scales its operations with a significant investment in amazon Web Services (AWS) compute power. The company is poised for further expansion, with plans to dramatically increase its compute capacity and possibly launch an initial public offering (IPO) valued at up to $1 trillion.
This revenue milestone underscores the escalating demand for OpenAI’s AI models and services, driven by applications like ChatGPT and DALL-E. The company’s strategic partnership with AWS, announced recently, provides access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs and the potential for tens of millions of CPUs, crucial for handling the intensive workloads required for frontier AI development. This access is central to OpenAI’s ambitious goal of building an “AI factory” capable of adding 1 gigawatt of compute capacity per week at a significantly reduced cost.
“Scaling frontier AI requires massive, reliable compute,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in a press release. “Our partnership with AWS strengthens the broad compute ecosystem that will power this next era and bring advanced AI to everyone.”
Altman revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that OpenAI has committed to approximately 30 gigawatts of compute, representing a total cost of ownership of around $1.4 trillion. Despite the substantial investment, Altman expressed confidence in the company’s financial outlook, citing anticipated growth in model capability and revenue.
The company is reportedly considering filing for an IPO as early as the second half of next year.While acknowledging a general reluctance towards being a public company, altman indicated a desire to pursue an IPO specifically to challenge short sellers, according to reports from Seeking Alpha.
