OpenAI forecasts $278B cash-flow burn

OpenAI’s private July presentation projects $278 billion in negative free cash flow from 2026 through 2030, while revenue rises from $36 billion in 2026 to $350 billion in 2030. Business Times’ report on the Financial Times account says the figures came from a computing deal presentation and that OpenAI declined to comment. Builders should price portability and capacity risk alongside token rates, as the archive’s warning about AI-chip guidance versus delivered compute shows.