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We don\u2019t know if OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is actually making any money so far. But thanks to a Wednesday report<\/a> in The Information<\/em>, what we do know is that the company doubled its annualized revenue \u2014 a measure of the previous month\u2019s revenue multiplied by 12, as the publication helpfully explained \u2014 in the last six months.<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s annualized revenue was $3.4 billion, CEO Sam Altman reportedly told staff. That\u2019s up from $1.6 billion around the end of last year, and $1 billion a year ago. Most of this revenue came from a subscription version of ChatGPT, which offers higher messaging limits to people who pay at least $20 a month, as well as from developers who pay the company to use the company\u2019s large language models in their own apps and services. About $200 million on an annualized basis comes from Microsoft, which gives OpenAI a cut of sales of OpenAI\u2019s large language models to customers using Azure, Microsoft\u2019s cloud computing platform aimed at businesses.<\/p>\n Notably, an OpenAI spokesperson told The Information<\/em> that the financials were “inaccurate” but did not explain which details it disputed. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment.<\/p>\n