OpenAI Plots Charging $20,000 a Month For PhD-Level Agents
OpenAI is betting big on ChatGPT, which is generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue. But that’s not the only application the AI firm is hoping will make big bucks. If you saw our story last month detailing OpenAI’s financial projections, you might have noticed an intriguing reference to revenue expected to come from another type of application: Agents.
The term “agents” typically refers to AI that can take actions on behalf of customers without needing a lot of direction. While OpenAI investor SoftBank has committed to spend $3 billion on agents from OpenAI this year alone, we haven’t had a great idea of what OpenAI might charge for these agents—until now.
OpenAI executives have told some investors it planned to sell low-end agents at a cost of $2,000 per month to “high-income knowledge workers”; mid-tier agents for software development costing possibly $10,000 a month; and high-end agents, acting as PhD-level research agents, which could cost $20,000 per month, according to a person who’s spoken with executives.
In the long run, OpenAI expects 20% to 25% of the company’s revenue to come from agent products, the person said.
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