OpenAI expects revenue to reach $125 billion by 2029, with AI agents as the core driving force

According to PYMNTS citing The Information, OpenAI expects its annual revenue to reach $125 billion in 2029 and further increase to $174 billion in 2030, by which time AI agent and new product revenue will surpass the existing ChatGPT. The company's revenue for 2024 is $3.7 billion, with a projected cash outflow of $46 billion over the next four years and a positive cash flow of $2 billion by 2029. OpenAI is undergoing a comprehensive transformation towards AI infrastructure and application development, with the latest O3 and O4 mini models known as the "smart leap", driving the development of AI systems capable of autonomously executing tasks.