OpenAI's finance chief just dropped some hints about how the company plans to make more money

OpenAI's Sarah Friar floated "licensing models" as a new revenue path as the company seeks to make more money amid massive compute costs.

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• OpenAI's finance chief just put "licensing models" on the table.
• She said the company could take a share of downstream sales if a customer's product takes off.
• Her comments come as OpenAI prepares to test ads to help fund soaring compute costs.

OpenAI's chief financial officer...