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Eoch AI reports that OpenAI researchers’ coding-agent usage, valued at API list prices, is roughly doubling each month. By mid-August 2026, the median researcher’s usage was valued at $601 a day. The report notes that list prices do not show what OpenAI actually spends.

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> OpenAI's median researcher used $601 of coding-agent inference a day (about $1.8M a year, r) at API prices, up from under $1, in January 2026.

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引用或回复的背景(作者 ID 2588345408,https://x.com/i/status/2107185067613413487): OpenAI's median researcher used $601 of coding-agent inference a day at API prices, up from under $1, in January 2026.

Eoch AI's new report.

> OpenAI researchers' coding-agent usage, valued at API list prices, is doubling roughly every month

> By mid-August 2026, the median researcher used $601 a day and about $2M a year, roughly matching or exceeding what employing a researcher costs.

> This pace probably can't last, since one more year would reach about $185M per median researcher, and list-price figures reveal nothing about what OpenAI actually spends.

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