In an interview with the Big Technology Podcast, Sam Altman seemed to struggle answering the tough questions about OpenAI’s path to profitability.
At about the 36 minute mark the interviewer asked the big question about revenues and spending. Sam Altman said OpenAI’s losses are tied to continued increases in training costs while revenue is growing. He said the company would be profitable much earlier if it were not continuing to grow its training spend so aggressively.
Altman said concern about OpenAI’s spending would be reasonable only if the…

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