Docs: OpenAI burned through $3.7B in Q1, on revenue of $5.7B, and ended the quarter with $73B+ in cash and marketable securities vs. $40B at the end of December (Erin Woo/The Information)

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OpenAI’s leaked Q1 financials show massive burn, fast revenue scale, and a sharply expanded cash position.

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<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-burned-3-7-billion-first-three-months-2026"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260619/i21.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260619/p21#a260619p21" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Erin Woo / <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-burned-3-7-billion-first-three-months-2026">Docs: OpenAI burned through $3.7B in Q1, on revenue of $5.7B, and ended the quarter with $73B+ in cash and marketable securities vs. $40B at the end of December</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI burned through $3.7 billion in the first quarter, more than half its $5.7 billion in revenue, according to documents the company shared with shareholders.</p>