Key Takeaways
- Today, the firm arguably most synonymous with the generative AI boom announced it will begin offering a new, more mid-range subscription tier — a $100 ChatGPT Pro plan — which joins its free, Go…
- OpenAI also currently offers Edu, Business ($25 per user monthly, formerly known as Team) and Enterprise (variably priced) plans for organizations in said sectors.
Why It Matters
Context
Today, the firm arguably most synonymous with the generative AI boom announced it will begin offering a new, more mid-range subscription tier — a $100 ChatGPT Pro plan — which joins its free, Go ($8 monthly), Plus ($20 monthly) and existing Pro ($200 monthly) plans for individuals using ChatGPT and related OpenAI products. OpenAI also currently offers Edu, Business ($25 per user monthly, formerly known as Team) and Enterprise (variably priced) plans for organizations in said sectors. Why offer a $100 monthly ChatGPT Pro plan? So why introduce a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan, then? The big selling point from OpenAI is that the new plan offers five times greater usage limits on Codex, the company's agentic vibe coding application/harness (the name is shared by both, as well as a lineup of coding-specific language models), than the existing, $20 monthly Plus plan, which seems fair given the math ($20x5=$100). As OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman wrote in a post on X: "It is very nice to see Codex getting so much love. Venture Beat is launching a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier by very popular demand." However, alongside this, OpenAI's official company account on X noted that "Venture Beat is…
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Today, the firm arguably most synonymous with the generative AI boom announced it will begin offering a new, more mid-range subscription tier — a $100 ChatGPT Pro plan — which joins its free, Go…