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title: "Chapter 11, revenue against what was committed, due 31 August 2029 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2029-6
description: "Chapter 11, revenue against what was committed: due 31 August 2029."
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# Chapter 11, revenue against what was committed

Due 31 August 2029

**The test.** The claim fails against what was committed if OpenAI’s reported revenue for 2028 reaches $175 billion, one-eighth of the about $1.4 trillion of commitments over eight years that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, restated in writing in November 2025, by this book’s arithmetic.

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

**Falls due:** 31 August 2029

**Read on:** OpenAI’s reported revenue

**Chapter:** [Chapter 11 — What the Machine Has to Earn](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-11)The revenue the buildout needs against the revenue it has, on whose clock the gap must close, and the two ceilings on what AI can earn.

## What it names

- Party [OpenAI](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/openai)

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## Related in the record

- Scorecard indicator [OpenAI + Anthropic annualized revenue](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard/indicators/openai-anthropic-annualized-revenue)
- Person [Altman, Sam](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people#altman-sam)
- Person [Friar, Sarah](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people#friar-sarah)
- Chapter notes [Chapter 11 — What the Machine Has to Earn](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-11)

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