OpenAI has recently failed to achieve its user and sales goals.

According to reports, OpenAI recently failed to achieve its set goals for acquiring new users and sales, exacerbating internal concerns within the company about the possibility of struggling to support astronomical expenses for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Sources say that with competitor Anthropic PBC emerging in programming and enterprise markets, OpenAI has failed to meet monthly sales targets for several months in 2026. The report states that OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot did not reach its goal of reaching 1 billion monthly active users by the end of 2025. Due to the rising popularity of Google's Gemini last year, the churn rate of ChatGPT's subscription users continues to pose a challenge. It is understood that OpenAI's Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar expressed concerns during discussions with other company executives, fearing that if OpenAI's sales growth is not fast enough, it may not be able to meet future computational demands.