OpenAI announced that its ChatGPT service is set to reach 700 million weekly active users this week, up from 500 million in March. According to an article by MacKenzie Sigalos for CNBC, this represents a more than fourfold year-over-year surge in growth. The company also stated that daily user messages have surpassed three billion. In addition to general user growth, OpenAI now has five million paying business customers. The company recently secured $8.3 billion in a new funding round from top investors. OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue is currently at $13 billion. The company projects this figure will surpass $20 billion by the end of the year, according to the report.