In 2025 OpenAI Spent $35B and Lost $21B (Whoops!)

OpenAI spent roughly as much last year as the US government spent on the FBI and NASA combined.
The return on all that? A $21 billion loss. đŸ‘‡ https://t.co/kN8wuFvmb9 pic.twitter.com/PAIzJPXehl

— Ed Elson (@edels0n) June 25, 2026

“The way down is the way up” may work for mystics, but not for business.