“OpenAI was the fastest technology platform to reach 10 million users, the fastest to 100 million users, and soon the fastest to 1 billion weekly active users. Within a year of launching ChatGPT, we reached $1B in revenue. By the end of 2024 we were generating $1B per quarter.
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OpenAI Revenue Hits $2B Monthly Growing 4x Faster Than Rivals
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OpenAI's revenue trajectory is one of the more absurd things in business history. $1B annual -> within a year of ChatGPT's launch. $1B per quarter -> by end of 2024. $2B per month -> now. Growing 4x faster than Alphabet and Meta did at comparable stages. 900M weekly active
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OpenAI Closes $122B Funding Round at $852B Valuation
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Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at an $852B post-money valuation. The fastest way to expand AI’s benefits is to put useful intelligence in people’s hands early and let access compound globally. This funding gives us resources to lead at scale. openai.com/index/acceleratin…
→ View original post on X — @paulroetzer, 2026-03-31 20:59 UTC
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Experts underestimate AI’s potential economic growth impact
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Fascinating work on how different groups of experts expect GDP to change in the coming years. Kudos to @connacher_ , @pawtrammell , @BasilHalperin of the Stanford @DigEconLab and the others who did this data collection and analysis. @PTetlock always does such amazing work. My take? Most of the experts surveyed (I was one of them) are not optimistic enough about growth. Forecasting Research Institute (@Research_FRI) We completed the most comprehensive study of how economists and AI experts think AI will affect the U.S. economy. They predict major AI progress—but no dramatic break from economic trends: GDP growth rates similar to today's and a moderate decline in labor force participation. However, when asked to consider what would happen in a world with extremely rapid progress in AI capabilities by 2030, they predict significant economic impacts by 2050: • Annualized GDP growth of 3.5% (compared to 2.4% in 2025) • A labor force participation rate of 55% (roughly 10 million fewer jobs) • 80% of wealth held by the top 10% (highest since 1939) 🧵 Here's what we found: — https://nitter.net/Research_FRI/status/2038965685431259520#m
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OpenAI Raises Record $122B Funding, Plans 2026 IPO
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OpenAI just raised another $122B. It's the largest funding in Silicon Valley history, with backing from major names like Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, plus wealthy investors. OpenAI is ahead of an expected IPO by the end of 2026
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BenchTalks Episode: Open Benchmark Grants Available Now
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🎧 Full episode: snorkel.ai/blog/benchtalks-a… 💰 Building an open benchmark? Apply for Snorkel's Open Benchmark Grants ↓ snorkel.ai/open-benchmark-gr…
→ View original post on X — @snorkelai, 2026-03-31 19:21 UTC
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Terminal-Bench 2 Scores Jump to 75-80% in 4 Months
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Top scores on Terminal-Bench 2 went from ~25% → 75-80% in just 4 months.
— Snorkel AI (@SnorkelAI) 31 mars 2026
For Benchtalks #1, @vincentsunnchen sat down with @alexgshaw to dig into what happens when your benchmark gets solved before you're ready for the next one.
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→ The terminal is the right… pic.twitter.com/XkWlJT8SKTTop scores on Terminal-Bench 2 went from ~25% → 75-80% in just 4 months. For Benchtalks #1, @vincentsunnchen sat down with @alexgshaw to dig into what happens when your benchmark gets solved before you're ready for the next one. Key takes: → The terminal is the right abstraction for agentic AI → Harbor exists because benchmarking and RL at scale are infra problems → "Benchmaxxing" is real; the defense is shipping harder tasks faster → TB3 is coming, and they want your hardest unsolvable problems "We need 1000x more benchmarks than we have right now" — @alexgshaw
→ View original post on X — @snorkelai, 2026-03-31 19:21 UTC
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Oracle Cuts 20% Workforce for AI Infrastructure Investment
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20% of oracles work force received this message today: „“As a result, today is your last working day. … Thank you for your contributions to our organization.” Oracle is cutting jobs to free up cash for massive investments in AI infrastructure, shifting resources from workforce
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Databricks Named #2 in 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 List
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The 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 list is out, and Databricks has been named #2 in the Giga Stage! Over 90 leading VCs and corporate development leaders selected the #ET30, recognizing the top private companies shaping enterprise technology and transforming the future of work. Thank
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OpenAI Reportedly Launching $10 Billion Venture “The Deployment Company”
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Thanks for this writeup, Sebastian!