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OpenAI user numbers go flat — just in time for the IPO (pivot-to-ai.com)
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more ‘annualised’ numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UseKYcluMk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260522-openai-user-numbers-go-flat-just-in-time-for-the-ipo - podcast

time: 5 min 32 sec

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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago

The lower of those numbers is obviously fake. The other is "okay, I guess they're doing better than I expected, but at least it's plausible"