OpenAI adds 500(!) Pro subscription, nerfs its existing 200 tier

Announced during the company's DevDay event today, OpenAI's new Pro 500 plan offers OpenAI's highest usage allowance and comes with access to its new "Ultrafast" feature -- it also costs 500 per month. At the end of 2024, OpenAI became the first AI lab to introduce a 200 Pro plan. Nearly every other provider, including Anthropic and Perplexity, later announced their own 200 tiers, so it's possible other competitors will follow suit. "Ultrafast is our premium speed tier for workloads where speed matters most," the company explains. With the feature enabled, OpenAI's Codex and Work apps will generate up to 300 tokens per second, making them capable of writing code and carrying out other tasks faster.