# A report indicated that OpenAI failed to meet key sales and user growth targets, raising fresh concerns about whether massive investments in the technology will generate meaningful returns in the near term.

*genai · news · 2026-04-29 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- OpenAI reportedly failed to meet key sales and user growth targets recently.
- Oracle and CoreWeave shares fell due to their cloud-computing partnerships with OpenAI.
- OpenAI's leadership has internally discussed potential financial strain from increasing computing costs.
- Anthropic and other AI rivals have gained ground, challenging OpenAI's early ecosystem advantage.
- Bloomberg Intelligence warns a slowdown at OpenAI could ripple through the broader AI infrastructure sector.

**Companies:** Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia, CoreWeave
**Countries:** United States

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