{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lenny’s AI Builders","title":"OpenAI's $500 plan feels like the old $200 plan - but dots are free | LAB 0011","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2d5dea0e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":799,"description":"OpenAI's new $500 plan feels like the old $200 plan. that's one of six stories from OpenAI DevDay 2026 - then i set up my own dot live, on day one, with the first prompt every dot needs.\n\nthe stories: the new $500 Pro plan (25x the usage of Plus, plus Ultrafast - up to 8x faster, and $60/$300 per million tokens for Astra in the API) and the $200 plan dropping from 20x to 10x Plus (Tibo: it will \"net out at half the dollar in API spend\"), GPT-6.1 Sol at $2/$10 per million tokens vs GPT-6 Astra's $10/$50, dots (always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with their own cloud computer and browser, 4,000+ apps, reachable in ChatGPT, Slack, Teams or by voice call), Codex cloud (close your laptop, your agents keep working), Sign in with ChatGPT (your plan pays for the AI in 16+ partner products like Devin, OpenCode and Notion, per Tibo, capped per app) plus the Agents API and the Decisions API (about 150 ms, limited preview), and ChatGPT Space and pages.\n\nthe fine print: OpenAI's email says existing Pro subscribers keep their current limits through October 29, 2026, plus a one-time grant of 62,500 usage credits ($2,500 value). \"feels like the old $200 plan\" is my reading, not OpenAI's words. BridgeMind says he ran out of his entire weekly limit on the $500 plan in under 30 minutes - his claim. Artificial Analysis scores: Sol 52, Opus 5.5 58, Sonnet 5.5 56. one tester found Sol uses about half the tokens of Sonnet 5.5. dots come with Pro plans for now - chats with your dot don't use limits, but Codex or Work jobs it starts can. not in the EU or UK yet, and Dan Shipper (Every) reported permission issues and dropped messages. Codex cloud uses normal plan usage, and it's not in my app yet, so it's untested. the API use cases are my examples; the Hugging Face link is my own theory.\n\nthe result: i set up my dot, Clarity, live on my Pro plan and ran the \"restate and audit\" prompt. about 20 minutes after i sent it, it restated my goals, audited my recurring jobs (84 Codex entries with 25...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P0B9fKUWl01KOkVXqQcDv5YBEKR1sflq-Hk71z-fa_U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MzAx/ZGNmYzY1MmEwNjBk/NzUzN2NmODM3ZWUx/YzMzZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}