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From a financial standpoint, concerns about OpenAI’s profitability persist. Their current gross margins are negative, estimated at around -20% to -30%, due to the huge investments required in hardware, compute resources, and model development. The question remains: who is financing this relentless expansion? The answer appears to be the cloud providers—such as Oracle, AWS, and other Silicon Valley giants—who are investing in or partnering with OpenAI to lock in future revenue streams.