Founder forgets to turn off 'ultrafast' mode, gets a $57,000 OpenAI bill
joshgonsalves_ · x · 2026-10-27
Entrepreneur Sahil Lavingia (@awilkinson) shared that he accidentally left 'ultrafast' running on a few big tasks — landing him a $57,000 OpenAI bill this month.
Quoter joshgonsalves joked that it would be nice to be a billionaire and just say 'whoopsies' to a charge like that. A stark reminder for developers: high-throughput agent modes can rack up costs extremely fast, so always double-check settings before big runs.
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