OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’

OpenAI may be planning to charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI “agents,” according to The Information.

The publication reports that OpenAI intends to launch several “agent” products tailored for different applications, including sorting and ranking sales leads and software engineering. One, a “high-income knowledge worker” agent, will reportedly be priced at $2,000 a month. Another, a software developer agent, is said to cost $10,000 a month.

OpenAI’s most expensive rumored agent, priced at the aforementioned $20,000-per-month tier, will be aimed at supporting “PhD-level research,” according to The Information.

It’s unclear when these agentic tools might launch or which customers will be eligible to purchase them. But The Information notes that SoftBank, an OpenAI investor, has committed to spending $3 billion on OpenAI’s agent products this year alone.

OpenAI needs the money. The company lost roughly $5 billion last year after paying for costs related to running its services and other expenses.