OpenAI
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OpenAI vs Alibaba
as of
OpenAI and Alibaba side by side on everything we track. Each lab’s own page has the full detail.
Readout
Both labs at a glance. Every figure links to the lab’s page, which cites its source.
| Lab | Flagship $/Mtok | SEC revenue | Demand share | Open roles | Incidents 30d | Newest alert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Tear sheet | $10.00 / $50.00in / out · gpt-6-astra | None filed | 8.3%−1.9 ppof all OpenRouter tokens, 7 days | 821+5 in 30d0 physical infrastructure | 29vs 521 open now | OpenAI adds two roles and removes five across Data… |
| Alibaba Tear sheet | $2.00 / $6.00in / out · qwen3.8-max | None filed | 1.0%+0.2 ppof all OpenRouter tokens, 7 days | No public feed | No public feed | none |
API prices
$ per million tokens, like for like on each vendor’s own recommendation.
| Lab | Flagship the vendor’s own “start here” model for hard work | Balanced the vendor’s stated intelligence-for-cost tradeoff | Economy the vendor’s model for cost-sensitive, high-volume work |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | |||
| Alibaba |
Disclosed revenue
What each lab, or its public parent, has reported to the SEC.
No SEC filing reports revenue for OpenAI or Alibaba. We don’t use run-rates from press reports.
Audited SEC disclosures only, from EDGAR’s XBRL data (the SEC’s tagged financial data). Consolidated figures come from company facts, and segment figures from the filing’s own XBRL. If a lab’s S-1 has no tagged financials, we read its printed statement of operations until its first tagged 10-Q. Interim periods from it are unaudited and marked. Each value links to the filing that reported it. With no audited disclosure on file, nothing is shown. Press-reported run-rates are excluded.
Demand share
Share of OpenRouter tokens over the last 7 days. It’s one aggregator’s traffic, so treat it as a rough read on demand.
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 · Δ vs 2026-10-24 → 2026-10-30
- OpenAI8.3%−1.9 pp
- Alibaba1.0%+0.2 pp
Hiring
Open roles now, the change over the window, and the department that moved most.
Infrastructure buildout
Open roles in physical-infrastructure departments, added up across each board’s department names.
AlibabaNo public feed
We count a department when the board’s own label contains Data Center, Infrastructure, Facilities, Energy, Construction, Compute, or Hardware, unless it also says “Software”.
Capacity strain
Status-page incidents in the last 30 days, against the 30 before.
| Lab | Last 30d | Prior 30d | Open | Open incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 29 | 52 | 1 | Elevated error rates with some U.S. business Mastercardsnone · since | |
| Alibaba | No public feed | ||||
Each lab in full: OpenAI, Alibaba.
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