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▶ 0:04 · $OPENAI · Will Millions of People Actually Pay for ChatGPT?
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The Information

Will Millions of People Actually Pay for ChatGPT?

2025-11-26 · 4 company · 10 thematic
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shri

Covers OpenAI and AI industry for The Information; provides detailed analysis of OpenAI's 2030 user projections, gross margin structure, content safety changes, and enterprise go-to-market strategy.

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“OpenAI expects about 2.6 billion people to be weekly active users in 2030. Just as a point of comparison, that's about a third of the world's population today. 8 billion. And at least 8.5% of them, or 220 million, are expected to be paying…”
—shri
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