Sam Altman is not happy with what everyone thinks of OpenAI and ChatGPT, says: Don’t think of us as only ChatGPT, but …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that the AI company’s application programming interface (API) business added more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in the last month, highlighting strong demand from developers and enterprises using OpenAI’s models. Sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter), Altman said that while OpenAI is widely known for its AI bot ChatGPT, its API team has been driving significant growth behind the scenes. “We have added more than $1B of ARR in the last month just from our API business,” Sam Altman wrote in the post, adding “People think of us mostly as ChatGPT, but the API team is doing amazing work!”.The comments come amidst growing concerns among investors are closely watching OpenAI’s long-term sustainability, especially as the comedy is reportedly considering an initial public offering (IPO) and face rising costs linked to building and running large-scale AI systems.Earlier this week, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called OpenAI’s ChatGPT ad test a premature revenue push. Last week, the company announced that it will begin testing ads in ChatGPT in the coming weeks. Commenting on the announcement, Hassabis said “It’s interesting they’ve gone for that so early,” adding “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
Investors warns against OpenAI’s potential financial risk
Several investors have warned of a possible financial risk at OpenAI. In November 2025, tech analyst and professor Scott Galloway issued a warning against possible financial implosion at OpenAI which he then described as a “trainwreck from a financial management perspective.”Recently, veteran investor George Noble argued that the company is “falling apart in real time” despite its eye-watering $500 billion valuation. In a scathing analysis titled ‘OPENAI IS FALLING APART IN REAL TIME’ on X, Noble highlighted what he calls unmistakable signs of trouble. The biggest red flag? OpenAI’s internal “Code Red” memo in December, where Sam Altman reportedly told employees to drop everything as Google’s Gemini eats into ChatGPT’s dominance. Deutsche Bank has also projected the company will rack up $143 billion in cumulative losses before seeing profit. Notably, the threat isn’t hypothetical—ChatGPT traffic has dropped for two straight months while Gemini exploded to 650 million monthly users.
