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OpenAI Q3 Revenue Surges 50% to $10 Billion as Enterprise Business Doubles
Read this in the Market Flux appOpenAI posted $10 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2026, a jump of nearly 50% quarter over quarter, with an annual run rate of roughly $50 billion, according to CFO Sarah Friar. The pace of growth markedly accelerated from the 18% expansion seen in Q2, with demand for GPT 5.6 and Astra cited as key drivers of sales.
The enterprise segment was the standout performer, doubling quarter over quarter and now accounting for half of total revenue, split evenly with the consumer business. Friar pointed to products including Coding, Cyber, and Dots, the company's AI agent platform for enterprise, as the primary catalysts. Small- and medium-business sales grew more in Q3 than in the prior six quarters combined.
Consumer demand also strengthened, with sales rising 20% quarter over quarter, subscriptions surpassing 100 million users, and weekly active users reaching 1.2 billion. The results reinforce OpenAI's position as the dominant force in commercial AI and reflect broad enterprise adoption of frontier AI tools.
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