OpenAI expects to burn through NEARLY $280bn in cash by 2030, according to forecasts

From the Newshound archive · first published 19 September 2026.

OpenAI is projecting it will burn through close to $280 billion by the end of the decade, according to financial forecasts reported today. The scale of spending underlines the enormous cost of building and running frontier AI systems. No breakdown of where the expenditure is forecast to fall has been reported.