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OpenAI user numbers go flat — just in time for the IPO (pivot-to-ai.com)
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more ‘annualised’ numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UseKYcluMk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260522-openai-user-numbers-go-flat-just-in-time-for-the-ipo - podcast

time: 5 min 32 sec

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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Adjusted operating income margin was -122% in the first quarter … That means that for every dollar of revenue the company generated, it lost $1.22

This is so confusing. So is it -122% or is it -22%? Cause -122% should mean that for each dollar gained they lose 2.22 because that's how percentages work, no?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago

I have no idea and I wonder if The Information does either.

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