OpenAI's median researcher now burns ~$600/day on internal coding agents, up ~100x in 9 months
Confident_Salt_8108 · reddit · 2026-10-15
A Reddit post shares an OpenAI internal chart showing daily agent spend per median researcher climbing from near zero in February to roughly $600/day by late August 2026 — about a 100x increase in nine months. The curve accelerates sharply after June, suggesting coding agents are now deeply embedded in OpenAI's research workflow.
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