Generated 2026-06-29
Vendor risk report · 2026-06-29
OpenAI API
ai-chat · OpenAI · founded 2015
Nerf Index
17
clean
Executive Summary
1 major change on record.
Primary use case: Programmatic LLM access.
Risk Profile
1
Total receipts
0
Critical
1
Major
1
Last 90 days
29
Peak nerf score
major
Avg severity
n/a
Cadence
private
Funding stage
12-Month Forecast
57%
Next 30 days
82%
Next 60 days
92%
Next 90 days
Most likely change kind: price-increase · Expected severity: major
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 67 days ago. Most common kind: price-increase.
Receipts (chronological)
- 2026-04-23 · major · nerf 29 · price-increaseOpenAI doubles flagship API token prices with GPT-5.5: $2.50/$15 to $5.00/$30 per 1M tokensOpenAI launched GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026 (in the API from April 24) as its new flagship model, priced at $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens on OpenAI's official pricing page. That is a 2x increase over the prior flagship GPT-5.4, which sold at $2.50/1M input and $15.00/1M output. GPT-5.5 also resets the high end: GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30.00/1M input and $180.00/1M output. Per-token efficiency gains do not offset the headline doubling; independent real-world cost analyses put the effective increase at roughly 49-92% versus GPT-5.4 depending on prompt length.Predicted impact: 56-70% of paid users · ~$4-$42 per user
Recommendations
- Low risk. Vendor has demonstrated stable behavior over the observed period.
- Forecast indicates 57% probability of change in next 30 days - review contracts and budgets accordingly.
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