alt Hacker News> The company was losing $200MM+ per year on ~$5B in revenue before the takeover, and there are reports that revenues have decreased by round 50%.
X made a profit last year because they cut costs lower than the drop in ad revenue (which is also slowly recovering). The big question is if they will still be profitable in 2026 year without the US election driving big traffic numbers and ads.
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bialczabub • today at 12:37 AM
How do you "know" this? They're private and don't need to report anything.
You also have to be careful about who said it and what they meant by "profit," because there is gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, and others.
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As far as I understand they did not make a profit in 2025. They posted positive adjusted EBITDA, which is not the same.