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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a GPU today

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/23/openai-faces-cash-crunch-in-2026-as-bills-come-due/ - blog post

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Sources:

• OpenAI faces financial crunch point as huge supplier bills start to come due https://www.ifre.com/people-and-markets/2373243/openai-faces-financial-crunch-point-as-huge-supplier-bills-start-to-come-due
• A business that scales with the value of intelligence https://openai.com/index/a-business-that-scales-with-the-value-of-intelligence/
• OpenAI CFO: IPO is not off the table, it's a question of when https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6388147389112
• OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates https://www.ft.com/content/23e54a28-6f63-4533-ab96-3756d9c88bad
• White House AI czar rules out federal bailout for the sector https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-ai-czar-rules-out-federal-bailout-sector-2025-11-06/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/10/openai-does-deals-to-make-a-deal-and-the-money-is-getting-worried/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvT2k9qmA0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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