OpenAI’s Sam Altman Rejects Government Bailouts, Targets Hundreds of Billions in Revenue
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has clarified that the company neither seeks nor requires government guarantees for its datacenter operations. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Altman emphasized that taxpayers should not bear the burden of bailing out private companies that face market failures. Instead, he advocates for governments to build and own their own AI infrastructure, ensuring benefits FLOW back to public coffers.
The AI firm projects an annual revenue run rate exceeding $20 billion by the end of 2025, with ambitions to scale to "hundreds of billions" by 2030. This growth is expected to fund OpenAI’s $1.4 trillion infrastructure commitments over the next eight years. Altman acknowledges the challenges ahead but points to upcoming enterprise offerings and consumer expansions as key drivers.
