Shockingly, OpenAI made a grand mission statement that about 220 million people could be paying for ChatGPT by 2030 and it feels like the next evolution as it leads the AI and tech worlds. Because if the projection is true, it would imply a gigantic leap from tens of millions of paid sign ups today to one of the world's largest subscription businesses within 5 years it seems. Moreover, this mission has led to queries about how OpenAI will balance growth, profitability and the pressures of needed monetisation while keeping the product attractive to billions of users.
