US EditionOpenAI makes five-year plan to meet $1 trillion spending pledges, FT reports
OpenAI's $1 trillion plan includes $300 billion Oracle deal and $22 billion CoreWeave contract to expand AI infrastructure amid $800 billion funding gap.
- On October 14, 2025, OpenAI announced a five-year plan targeting government contracts, shopping, video, hardware, and compute supply via the Stargate data center project, committing to spend over $1 trillion this decade.
- Facing an $800 billion shortfall, OpenAI is pursuing creative funding, as Bain & Company reports the industry needs $2 trillion annually by 2030.
- OpenAI is pulling in roughly $13 billion a year from users, with 70% of revenue from consumers and ChatGPT reaching 800 million regular users; the Financial Times reports $1 trillion in deals this year.
- Oracle agreed to provide vast infrastructure including a $300 billion Oracle infrastructure contract and about $40 billion of Nvidia chips, alongside a $22 billion CoreWeave deal plus $6.3 billion for unsold CoreWeave capacity.
- Nvidia and Microsoft have poured capital into OpenAI, including a $100 billion investment from Nvidia and a $14 billion investment since 2019, while SoftBank Group backs the $500 billion Stargate data-center buildout.
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OpenAI makes five-year plan to meet $1 trillion spending pledges, FT reports
ChatGPT owner OpenAI is working on new revenue lines, debt partnerships and planning further fundraising as part of a five-year strategy to cover more than $1 trillion in pledged spending, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
The holder of ChatGPT needs to find new sources of revenue to concrete the mega investments he has signed with other technologies in the field of artificial intelligence.
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