Burkov: OpenAI wouldn't kill the 20x plan if it were profitable, the 5x plan is likely borderline too
burkov · x · 2026-09-17
Andriy Burkov, author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book, offers a pointed read on OpenAI's subscription economics: if the 20x plan were profitable, OpenAI wouldn't have disabled it. He doubts the 5x plan is profitable either—"probably borderline."
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