OpenAI did not slash spending from 1.4 trillion to 600 billion. They stated 600 billion by 2030, 1.4 trillion over the next 8 years
u/Longjumping_Kale3013 ·
Reddit — r/wallstreetbets
· February 24, 2026 at 14:44
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The post is a clarification of a popular, but misleading, news story circulating on r/wallstreetbets regarding OpenAI's spending plans.
The author's thesis is that OpenAI has not "slashed" its spending from $1.4 trillion to $600 billion. Instead, the author points out that these figures refer to different timeframes, with the $1.4T figure being a longer-term projection (over 8 years starting late 2025) and the $600B figure being a shorter-term goal (by 2030).
Quality assessment: This is a factual correction/clarification, not investment due diligence (DD). It is noise in the sense that it doesn't propose a trade, but it's valuable in debunking misinformation.
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A top post on this sub today is an article claiming that openai has slashed spending from 1.4 trillion to 600 billion. But that 1.4 trillion is by 2034. Here is the tweet, end of 2025, saying 1.4 trillion over the next 8 years. Hence, end of 2033 to 2034 depending on in which fiscal year the timer starts: [https://x.com/sama/status/1986514377470845007](https://x.com/sama/status/1986514377470845007)
And reading that post, not one person is pointing this out. So I felt I had to share.
The post in question: [https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1rd3460/openai\_cuts\_spending\_plan\_to\_600b\_from\_14t/](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1rd3460/openai_cuts_spending_plan_to_600b_from_14t/)
I feel like mods should remove things that are so obviously false and click-bait. But maybe that's the whole point of this sub?