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OpenAI Misses User Goal, Raises $110B, SoftBank Boosts Stake

4/28/2026

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OpenAI missed its 2025 goal of one billion ChatGPT users and missed 2026 sales targets, prompting CFO Sarah Friar to warn that weak sales could prevent future computing affordability, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Anthropic PBC gained coding and enterprise market share as OpenAI lost subscribers to Google’s Gemini.
OpenAI raised $110 billion, announced a $1.4 trillion AI infrastructure plan, and received $30 billion from SoftBank Group Corp., which lifted SoftBank’s stake to 13%.

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OpenAI missed its 2025 goal of one billion ChatGPT users and missed 2026 sales targets, prompting CFO Sarah Friar to warn that weak sales could prevent future computing affordability, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Anthropic PBC gained coding and enterprise market share as OpenAI lost subscribers to Google’s Gemini.
OpenAI raised $110 billion, announced a $1.4 trillion AI infrastructure plan, and received $30 billion from SoftBank Group Corp., which lifted SoftBank’s stake to 13%.