Report: OpenAI’s New Models Could Cost Up to $2,000 Per Month

$2,000 per month? That's a steep hike from the Premium plan, which costs $20 per month.

Access to the two new large language models incoming from OpenAI could cost users up to $2,000 per month, according to a new report citing internal conversations.

The two models are codenamed Strawberry — which is rumored to be arriving this fall — and Orion.

To put this subscription into context, ChatGPT Premium currently costs $20 per month. The significantly higher price point might indicate a shift towards prioritizing enterprise customers.

Could the Subscription Be That High?

The story was published initially by The Information but it did add that the subscription figures haven’t been confirmed and it added “we have strong doubts that the final price would be that high.”

Today, many of the most well-known generative text AI bots are free in limited forms for the public, while higher-powered models are priced much higher and available mostly to enterprise customers.

What Are the Two Models?

 

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Strawberry is the company’s “reasoning model.” Inc.com adds: “Such a model could be capable of reasoning through problems in a multi-step process, making them better equipped to deal with challenges that current models struggle with, such as solving complex math problems.”

Orion is assumed to be a successor to GPT-4o and is said to be being trained on data generated by Strawberry.

OpenAI Seeking Investment

OpenAI may also be considering a reorganization of its corporate structure, reports NewsBytesApp. Although unconfirmed by the company, the news report suggests that these changes are afoot to make the company more appealing to investors.

This could mean a change to the current system, whereby equity is offered through OpenAI’s for-profit subsidiary but overseen by his nonprofit board.

Creating LLMs is expensive. So, with the upcoming releases, it makes sense that OpenAI may be exploring how to make more money for investment. Reuters suggests that both Apple and Nvidia may be in talks with OpenAI for the next funding round. A successful round could take the company’s valuation above $100 billion.

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