Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, announced that the artificial intelligence startup is heading towards a revenue run rate of over 20 billion dollars this year, with projections to reach 'hundreds of billions' by the end of the decade. OpenAI recently signed infrastructure agreements worth approximately 1.4 trillion dollars for building high-capacity data centers, essential for scaling AI technology globally. However, the company, valued at 500 billion dollars, is not yet profitable, and its funding sources and the sustainability of its economic model have been called into question. CFO Sarah Friar emphasized that OpenAI is not seeking government guarantees for its projects but aims to create an ecosystem of partnerships between the private sector and the government.
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