OpenAI CFO: Expanding AI into chip design, life sciences, and finance, exploring outcome-based pricing

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar stated that the company is expanding its AI applications into vertical sectors including chip design, life sciences, and financial services, while exploring pricing models based on business outcomes. OpenAI utilized its own models to complete the Jalapeno chip design in nine months. Furthermore, the low-cost Luna model saw a 10-fold increase in usage following an 80% price reduction, with Friar noting its cloud deployment costs are lower than those of open-weight models like Zhipu AI's GLM 5.3.