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OpenAI expects to burn $280bn by 2030

AI start-up has projected deeply negative cash flows as it invests in infrastructure and faces price pressures

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*OpenAI expects its expenses will far outrun its revenues, which are projected to grow tenfold in the same period, from $36bn this year to $350bn in 2030.

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