Is OpenAI pausing $200 plan signups a FOMO bit or are they out of compute?
andrew_n_carr · x · 2026-09-11
BenjaminDEKR poses the question: how much of OpenAI pausing signups for its $200 plan is a FOMO bit to inflate demand, and how much is that they are genuinely out of compute? andrewncarr quipped 'how much could one millennial prize problem cost Michael???' — a joke implying the compute costs could be astronomical. No official explanation yet; both theories point to the massive compute appetite of heavy Pro-tier users.
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