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507 points martinald | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 10:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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gitremote ◴[28 Aug 25 13:44 UTC] No.45052117[source]▶

These numbers are off.

> $20/month ChatGPT Pro user: Heavy daily usage but token-limited

ChatGPT Pro is $200/month and Sam Altman already admitted that OpenAI is losing money from Pro subscriptions in January 2025:

"insane thing: we are currently losing money on openai pro subscriptions!

people use it much more than we expected."

- Sam Altman, January 6, 2025

1. hirako2000 ◴[28 Aug 25 15:42 UTC] No.45053620[source]▶

Trusting the man about costs would be even more misplaced than trusting an oil company's CEO about the environment.

Are OpenAI and Anthropic losing money on inference?