OpenAI’s upcoming Agent will have a minimum monthly charge of more than 10,000? According to the latest revelations, OpenAI plans toprofessionalsroll outTailored version of Agent, used to perform advanced tasks such as lead classification, software engineering, and PhD-level research.

These Agents will be divided into three levels:

  • The first tier is aimed at high-income knowledge workers and costs US$2,000 per month;

  • The second tier is for software developers, charging $10,000 per month;

  • The third tier is for doctoral-level research and charges $20,000 per month;


    • Good guy, the lowest price (2,000 US dollars) is about 14,000 US dollars when converted into RMB, and the doctorate level reaches an astonishing 20,000 US dollars (about 140,000 RMB when converted into RMB)!

    For this price, most netizens reacted like:

    OpenAI, was it Liang Jingru who gave you the courage?


    OpenAI wants to use Agent as a revenue engine

    Marking OpenAI's shift from consumer side to commercial application

    Judging from more specific revelations, OpenAI executives are currently discussing the above-mentioned plan with investors, and they intend to use Agent as the main revenue growth engine in the future.

    Through a monthly subscription fee of 2,000 to 20,000 US dollars, Agent will contribute to OpenAI20%~25% long-term income.

    And behind this number is the strong support of OpenAI investor SoftBank.

    The news mentioned that SoftBank has promised to invest in OpenAI’s Agent products this year alone.US$3 billion.

    Such new actions also mean OpenAI’s transformation into high-end AI services.

    You must know that as an explosive application, ChatGPT has 330 million monthly active users (as of October 2024), and the number of subscribers last year has exceeded 10 million (approximately 15.5 million), making it a popular consumer application.

    But now, it has set its sights on high-end commercial applications, which gradually overlaps with competitor Antropic's focus on enterprise applications.

    However, Claude’s current subscription fee is only US$20 per month, while OpenAI has repeatedly refreshed people’s price bottom line (the current monthly subscription fee for Pro users is US$200).

    Netizen: Unless AGI comes

    Faced with this sky-high subscription fee, everyone’s first reaction is:

    A bit outrageous


    Even...a real doctorate is not that expensive.


    Even more excited netizens boldly turned on the microphone and criticized OpenAI for raising the price.


    However, some people on the other side believe that if OpenAI has achieved AGI (artificial general intelligence), then this price can be considered reasonable.


    At this time, OpenAI published a long article explaining its views on AGI, which can be summarized as follows:

    AGI is a gradual evolution process rather than a sudden leap. The core lies in embracing various uncertainties.


    Netizens also found it quite ironic that "OpenAI's mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all mankind" it repeatedly emphasized in the article.

    After all, with such high prices, the digital divide will most likely widen further.