EPISODE · Feb 13, 2026 · 13 MIN
ChatGPT API 4.0 Turbo: How the 90% Price Drop Actually Works
from Open Weights · host Quinn Palmer
OpenAI just slashed their API prices by 90%, and Quinn Palmer thinks this might be the biggest shift in AI development since ChatGPT launched. If you've been waiting for AI features to become actually affordable for your app or business, that wait just ended. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why $0.01 per 1,000 tokens means AI integration just became stupidly cheap for most apps • How companies like Snapchat and Quizlet are already using these APIs to build killer features • The exact cost breakdown that makes 128,000 token processing financially realistic • Why sub-2-second response times change everything about user experience 👤 Perfect for: developers, startup founders, and anyone curious about how dirt-cheap AI will change the apps you use every day. This isn't just a price cut. It's OpenAI basically saying "here, go build whatever you want" to millions of developers who couldn't afford API costs before. Quinn walks through the actual setup process and shows you what these new economics mean for the explosion of AI features coming your way. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Quinn Palmer breaks down the 90% price drop shock [01:45] Real cost comparison: old vs new API pricing [03:30] How Snapchat and Shopify are already using this [05:15] The 128,000 token game changer explained [07:00] Why 2-second response times matter for apps [09:30] What this means for AI features everywhere [11:00] Key takeaways for your next project 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow Open Weights on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and turn on notifications. New episodes drop daily - your next favorite AI insight is one tap away. 🔍 Topics: ChatGPT API, OpenAI pricing, AI development, machine learning integration, GPT-4 Turbo ----- Keywords: open source ai, chatgpt explained, anthropic ai, ai models, open weights, coding ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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