OpenAI API tokens initially cost approximately a fifth of a penny per thousand tokens.

OpenAI's goal is to drive down the cost of computation until it becomes effectively unlimited, abundant, and cheap.

A simple AI chat typically costs a few hundred tokens.

OpenAI launched the GPT-5.2 frontier model and priced its API access at $1.75 per million input tokens.

OpenAI is making AI cheaper and easier to use to increase consumption and justify its spending.

One thousand tokens is approximately equivalent to 750 words.