OpenAI Posts $12.3B Q2 Loss on $6.7B Sales as Anthropic Reaches $11.6B Revenue
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Updated · SiliconANGLE News · Aug 19
OpenAI Posts $12.3B Q2 Loss on $6.7B Sales as Anthropic Reaches $11.6B Revenue
3 articles · Updated · SiliconANGLE News · Aug 19
Summary
$12.3 billion in Q2 operating losses overshadowed OpenAI’s $6.7 billion in sales, with revenue up 18% from Q1 but losses widening from $9.3 billion.
Anthropic sharpened the contrast a day earlier by reporting $11.6 billion in Q2 revenue—up more than 50% sequentially—and a $559 million operating profit.
OpenAI’s slowdown reflects stalled ChatGPT growth, price cuts on newer models and heavy subsidies for hundreds of millions of free users, even as it pivots toward AI agents and a new ChatGPT-Codex-browser app.
The weak figures land ahead of a closely watched IPO and after senior departures including Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser, raising pressure on Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to revive enterprise growth.