OpenAI 研究员日均编码智能体推理成本达 $601
Eoch AI 的新报告指出，按 API 列表价格计算，OpenAI 研究员的编码智能体用量大约每两个月翻一番；到 2026 年 8 月中旬，中位研究员每天消耗 $601、每年约 $2M，大致相当于雇佣一名研究员的成本。报告同时称这一增速大概率无法持续，再持续一年将达每位中位研究员约 $185M，且按牌价折算并不能反映 OpenAI 的实际支出。
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.
来源：rohanpaul_ai · x.com