WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, July 31, 2026
OpenAI announced it has surpassed 1 billion active users and has 2 million businesses utilizing its AI models. This expansion comes as the company has reduced prices for some of its models, a move that could impact profit margins given significant development costs. OpenAI is actively working to attract more users to compete with rivals like Anthropic.
“OpenAI said it has more than 1 billion active users and 2 million businesses using its AI models.”
“The announcement comes after the GPT maker lowered the price of several of its models earlier this week.”
“Cutting prices could threaten profit margins for OpenAI, however, which is already operating on a loss due to the billions it's spending to develop and advance its models.”