OpenAI's Internal Coding Agent Spend Estimated at $0.5B-$1.5B/Year, Doubling Monthly
Jsevillamol · x · 2026-10-06
Epoch AI fitted trends to OpenAI's published researcher coding-agent usage data (weekly figures, January to mid-August 2026) and found spending doubling about once a month. A quick BOTEC by Luke Emberson puts OpenAI's annualized spend at roughly $0.5B-$1.5B/year at API prices — on trend, tens of billions per year by end of year.
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