OpenAI revenue hits $10 billion in Q3 as enterprise demand surges

The ChatGPT maker grew roughly 50% from the prior quarter, though rival Anthropic reportedly pulled in nearly $17 billion over the same stretch OpenAI brought in $10 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2026, getting there faster than many observers had anticipated. The figure, reported by The Information on November 10, 2026, marks growth of approximately 50% from the previous quarter. Where the money came from The biggest driver was demand for OpenAI’s application programming interfaces, or APIs. These are the plumbing that lets other companies wire OpenAI’s models directly into their own products. Demand was particularly strong for OpenAI’s newer models, including GPT-5.6 and Astra. Advertising sales also gave the quarter a lift. The customer mix is shifting too. More than half of OpenAI’s revenue now comes from enterprise clients, according to co-founder Greg Brockman. Brockman also said OpenAI’s annualized revenue grew 70% quarter-over-quarter in Q3. That is a different measure from the roughly 50% jump in actual quarterly revenue. The run-rate math By that measure, OpenAI was running at around $50 billion as of the end of September 2026. At the start of the year, th...