OpenAI’s Q3 operating loss hits $11B despite 50% revenue rise: WSJ

OpenAI posted an $11 billion operating loss in Q3 even as revenue rose 50%, according to WSJ, underscoring the cost of its AI infrastructure buildout. The widening deficit raises questions about the financial sustainability of frontier AI labs and their ability to keep pace in the model race. The result matters for the broader tech and crypto-adjacent AI trade, where compute spending and monetization timelines are under scrutiny. Watch for OpenAI’s next funding or financing moves and any signals on enterprise revenue growth versus burn.