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OpenAI 2025 Year in Review

Date: December 20, 2025
Company: OpenAI
Category: Policy, Business & Society

Narrative

ChatGPT 500M weekly active users. GPT-5 family success. Agent reliability 90%+. Revenue $5B+ annualized.

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Reality

User metrics verified. Revenue strong but margin pressure from pricing competition. Agent reliability milestone real. Market leadership maintained but challenged.

Implication

OpenAI dominance continuing but not absolute. Competition intensifying. Pricing pressure real. Open source challenge significant. Execution over innovation phase.

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  • openai
  • market-dynamics