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title: "Chapter 12, claim 5, the paper that rests on OpenAI’s contracts, due 31 August 2028 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-7
description: "Chapter 12, claim 5, the paper that rests on OpenAI's contracts: due 31 August 2028."
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# Chapter 12, claim 5, the paper that rests on OpenAI’s contracts

Due 31 August 2028

**The test.** Withdrawn for that paper if OpenAI’s revenue reaches its own forecasts for both 2026 and 2027 while its cash burn stays within them, $25 billion for 2026 and $57 billion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.

open Open.

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

**Falls due:** 31 August 2028

**Read on:** OpenAI’s reported revenue, and its cash burn

**Chapter:** [Chapter 12 — Cross-Examination](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-12)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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## Related in the record

- Dated test [Chapter 11, OpenAI’s 2026, due 31 August 2027](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2027-7)
- Dated test [Chapter 11, OpenAI’s 2027, due 31 August 2028](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-6)

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