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DeiVo is starting to feel real.
waitlist is live.
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The interesting part here isn’t really the $200 price. It’s the direction this whole market is moving.
AI subscriptions are starting to look less like “pay for a big bucket of usage” and more like “pay for access to a productivity layer that keeps getting better underneath you.”
As a dev, that’s actually a pretty big shift.
If models keep getting cheaper, faster, and more capable, then raw token/API-equivalent usage matters less than it does today. What matters is how many real tasks you can finish before you hit the wall.
Can I refactor a codebase faster?
Can I let an agent run longer without babysitting it?
Can I get through debugging, research, and implementation with fewer retries?
That’s the metric people are actually going to feel.
The risk is obvious though: if usage gets cut before the efficiency gains are noticeable in day-to-day work, users won’t care about the long-term pricing philosophy. They’ll just feel like they’re getting less for the same $200.
So I think the bet makes sense.
But the bar is also higher now.
If you’re going to give developers less raw usage, the models and included features have to make that difference disappear in practice.
@OpenAIDevs @OpenAI
Hi,
Tomorrow we are re-opening the Pro $200 subscriptions to new subscribers, but together with it we are also changing how we calculate the usage for it. In effect, if you do the math, it will net out at half the dollar in API spend compared to the old Pro $200 plan.
Now that it's said, let me explain why this is happening and why you will still get more work done than if you were on the Pro $200 subscription one month ago.
(a) We didn't want to compromise in other ways and are committing to not reintroducing the 5h limit, so that you can fully use the weekly usage when you want.
(b) On the subscription, we guarantee that over time you always get more work done and with an increasing level of quality. This means that you will continue to get more value per dollar spent as a result of models getting more efficient and us passing down the improvements in the form of API price reductions.
(c) We don't want to put an incentive on ourselves to artificially inflate the API list prices to make it look like you are getting a lot (and workaround it through discounts, etc). Instead we want to continue to both rapidly reduce prices and increase capabilities of models on the API. This week we introduced GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna at 50% of their previous price. Over time, we see prices go low enough that it makes sense for most to buy usage as needed without there being a significant gap between what you get in a subscription and what you get in the API for a dollar spent.
(d) Tomorrow, we are adding more things to the subscription that won't draw on the usage, I won't reveal what that is yet.
I wanted to be transparent before all the big announcements tomorrow. Lots of new exciting things are coming to the subscriptions that will make it super compelling, but I wanted to make sure to share this change ahead of time so you can all understand it before we shower you with good news.
Codexingly,
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The more powerful creative AI gets, the less interesting “we use AI” becomes.
The real question is whether the tool helps you make something worth caring about.
One thing I’m learning while building @DeivoAI
Making something generate content is the easy part.
Making the entire creative process feel effortless is much harder.
Creators: what part of making content slows you down the most?
Idea
Script
Assets
Editing
Posting
Curious what everyone says.
The best creator tools won’t replace taste.
They’ll reduce the distance between the idea in your head and the thing you can actually publish.
Hey @stoolpresidente
