OpenAI made a powerful strategic move on June 10, 2025, which is being actively discussed in the tech community on June 11. The company made not one, but two significant announcements: the launch of a new flagship model, o3-pro, and a radical 80% price reduction for its popular base model, o3. This move, as reported by leading global IT publications including moneycontrol.com and CNET, aims to solidify the company's leadership across all market segments. The new model, o3-pro, is positioned as the solution for the most complex and demanding tasks. According to OpenAI, it possesses an enhanced ability for longer and deeper "thinking" on a problem, significantly improving its capabilities in multi-step reasoning, complex planning, and code generation. The o3-pro model is already available to subscribers of ChatGPT Pro and Team plans, as well as via API for enterprise clients requiring maximum performance. Simultaneously, OpenAI announced an unprecedented 80% price drop for its high-performance o3 base model, making its API usage significantly cheaper – reportedly around $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens. This aggressive move to democratize access to advanced AI technologies is aimed at attracting a wide range of developers and startups, which will undoubtedly spur a wave of new AI applications and intensify pressure on competitors. This dual strategy demonstrates OpenAI's intent to dominate the market by offering top performance for the premium segment and an unbeatable price-performance ratio for mass adoption.
OpenAI's Double Strike: Launches o3-pro and Slashes o3 Prices by 80%
