[HN Gopher] Ask HN: OpenAI and Profitability?
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       Ask HN: OpenAI and Profitability?
        
       - Do you think they're making a profit with their APIs?  - If so,
       possible to estimate profit per token?
        
       Author : _boffin_
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-03-19 20:58 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
       | joshxyz wrote:
       | right now theyre using vc money, their focus is user traction and
       | vendor lock-in, not really profits yet.
        
       | gitgud wrote:
       | OpenAI went from non-for-profit in 2015 to capped-profit in 2019.
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       | So the max profit they're making is at most 100x the investment
       | they've received.
       | 
       | I think they'll be profitable, ChatGPT is taking the world by
       | storm and becoming a part of everyone's workflows...
        
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