India, Oct. 9 -- LONDON - Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI is facing intense financial scrutiny after internal documents reviewed by The Financial Times revealed that its annualised revenue stands at approximately $50 billion as of September, falling roughly $20 billion below figures previously signalled to investors.

The unexpected variance between projected milestones and actual financial performance immediately reverberated through global equity markets, triggering sharp losses across major technology shares, cloud providers, and semiconductor manufacturers.

While the artificial intelligence developer continues to register unprecedented year-on-year growth, the disclosure has ignited a fierce debate among institutional investor...