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ChatGPT Leads AI Apps In MAUs

In April 2026, OpenAI's ChatGPT app had 482.94 million monthly active users. It led AI apps in MAUs – social apps (shown for context) still set the scale.

5 Jun, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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OpenAI Revenue Per Employee

OpenAI generates $3.21M in revenue per employee. That places it above the hyperscalers – but rival Anthropic generates $11.62M per employee.

4 Jun, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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Meet Compute

OpenAI's compute spend is estimated to reach $50B in 2026 – up from $16B in 2025. As a share of annualized revenue, it would rise from 74.8% to 200%.

3 Jun, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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OpenAI In Tokens

In April 2026, OpenAI models on OpenRouter processed 10.93 trillion tokens. OpenAI tokens processed increased 20.56% month-over-month.

2 Jun, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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The Deep Research Effect

Since Deep Research launched, OpenAI's adoption rate on Ramp increased from 18.22% to 32.28%. In the 2 months after launch, it jumped 13.79 points.

1 Jun, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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$852,000,000,000

In March 2026, OpenAI closed a $122B funding round at a $852B valuation. This round made it the most valuable private company in the world.

28 Apr, 2026

Ravinder Deol

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$12 Billion In 6 Months

In February 2026, OpenAI reached $25B in annualized revenue. Between GPT-4 and GPT-5 (29 mo), it added $12.8B. Since GPT-5 (6 mo), it added $12B.

27 Apr, 2026

Ravinder Deol