Morning Edition · Thursday, July 30, 2026Published at 1:37 AM EDT · New York
ChatGPT Nears One Billion Weekly Users as Anthropic Presses on Revenue
OpenAI reports about $2 billion in monthly revenue with enterprise now above 40 percent of the total, even as it hit the user target seven months late.
ChatGPT is approaching one billion weekly active users, according to figures relayed from The Information and echoed in independent coverage. The underlying details are more revealing than the headline count. OpenAI is generating roughly $2…
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