Chapter 12, claim 5, the paper that rests on OpenAI’s contracts

The test. Withdrawn for that paper if OpenAI’s revenue reaches its own forecasts for both 2026 and 2027 while its cash burn stays within them, $25 billion for 2026 and $57 billion for 2027. The 2027 year is read on this day. Revenue met with the burn above the forecast, or one year alone, weakens the claim for that paper and withdraws nothing.

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OpenAI’s reported revenue, and its cash burn

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Chapter 12 — Cross-Examination

The book’s own thesis put on trial: five claims, each scored against the record and given a dated test that could prove it wrong.

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@misc{dryburgh-chapter-12-claim-5-the-paper-that-rests--2026,
  author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
  title = {{Chapter 12, claim 5, the paper that rests on OpenAI's contracts}},
  howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-7},
  note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}