# OpenAI Finally Admits: Research Was Expensive, Enterprise Pays - Date: 2026-03-26 - Category: Artificial Intelligence OpenAI is running out of runway to be a research lab. The company that spent 2025 launching Sora, the Atlas web browser, an adult ChatGPT mode, and a chip still in the design and tape-out stage — while burning through an estimated tens of billions of dollars — is now doubling its workforce to 8,... ---