OpenAI Tightens Grip on High End of App Market; Murati’s Startup Gets a Name
As questions swirl about whether super-cheap-yet-high-quality Chinese artificial intelligence threatens American-made AI, a new data point suggests OpenAI has some major advantages, relative to its compatriots.
We reported Tuesday that OpenAI leaders recently made comments implying that ChatGPT Pro subscriptions—which cost $200 per month, or 10 times more than regular subscriptions—are currently generating at least $25 million in revenue per month, or at least $300 million on an annual basis.
That figure probably represents less than 10% of ChatGPT’s overall revenue; OpenAI had projected $3 billion in ChatGPT revenue in 2024 and is on pace to generate a lot more than that on an annualized basis, we’re told. But it still means more than 125,000 people—many of them coders, probably—may be paying the higher fee.
Even if DeepSeek pressures OpenAI to step up its game, there’s no question the American firm is still the market leader in AI capabilities and, importantly, has a strong brand with consumers and professionals alike. The biggest question now is whether DeepSeek or its ilk will be able to keep open-weight AI on par with OpenAI’s, more or less.
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