alt Hacker NewsWell, Axios are now reporting this themselves: https://www.axios.com/2026/10/08/openai-50-billion-arr-anthr...
Also bear in mind that the original $70b number came from an 'anonymous' source to Axios.
Well, Axios are now reporting this themselves: https://www.axios.com/2026/10/08/openai-50-billion-arr-anthr...
Also bear in mind that the original $70b number came from an 'anonymous' source to Axios.
It says the 70B figure "was based on _information shared with investors_ in an attempt to create a more direct comparison to rival Anthropic".
That's a different thing from what you said, that the 70B "was based on a comparison to Anthropic". It wasn't, or we can't say that using the source material. The 70B was based on an anonymous source, which used the different metric (including cloud revenue etc) supposedly to make a comparison with anthropic, which does those things, easier.
Anyway, it doesn't seem like this is "not news"