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OpenAI introduces Guaranteed Capacity to let eligible customers secure long-term compute access across supported cloud providers via 1-3 year commitments and spend-linked discounts

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Targets organizations running critical AI workloads and production infrastructure.

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so OpenAI is now offering a hedging instrument called "Guaranteed Capacity" that protects businesses from becoming part of the permanent underclass ?

12:41 PM · May 19, 2026 View on X

customers are increasingly asking us for certainty on capacity. as models get better, we expect that the world will be capacity-constrained for some time.

we are offering discounted tokens for 1-3 year commits.

(it also helps us plan, so hopefully a big win-win.)

OpenAIOpenAI@OpenAI

Introducing OpenAI Guaranteed Capacity: a new offering that enables customers to guarantee long-term access to OpenAI compute. We’ve made long-term investments in infrastructure, partnerships, and capacity planning to help customers scale reliably. Now, Guaranteed Capacity helps customers plan ahead for critical workloads in a compute-constrained world. http://openai.com/guaranteed-capacity

7:44 PM · May 19, 2026 · 617.5K Views
7:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 442.6K Views

we will offer this until we sell out of our current allocation for this program. (we will make sure to leave enough capacity for ChatGPT, Codex, etc.)

we plan to offer it again in the future; our intention remains to build as much compute as fast as we can.

Sam AltmanSam Altman@sama

customers are increasingly asking us for certainty on capacity. as models get better, we expect that the world will be capacity-constrained for some time. we are offering discounted tokens for 1-3 year commits. (it also helps us plan, so hopefully a big win-win.)

7:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 442.6K Views
8:29 PM · May 19, 2026 · 80.2K Views

This should be a win-win for OpenAI and any company that believes that the value they get from AI is essential to their operations!

OpenAIOpenAI@OpenAI

Introducing OpenAI Guaranteed Capacity: a new offering that enables customers to guarantee long-term access to OpenAI compute. We’ve made long-term investments in infrastructure, partnerships, and capacity planning to help customers scale reliably. Now, Guaranteed Capacity helps customers plan ahead for critical workloads in a compute-constrained world. http://openai.com/guaranteed-capacity

7:44 PM · May 19, 2026 · 617.5K Views
8:23 PM · May 19, 2026 · 3.1K Views

OpenAI is guaranteeing compute capacity for 1-3 years.

OpenAIOpenAI@OpenAI

Introducing OpenAI Guaranteed Capacity: a new offering that enables customers to guarantee long-term access to OpenAI compute. We’ve made long-term investments in infrastructure, partnerships, and capacity planning to help customers scale reliably. Now, Guaranteed Capacity helps customers plan ahead for critical workloads in a compute-constrained world. http://openai.com/guaranteed-capacity

7:44 PM · May 19, 2026 · 617.5K Views
7:48 PM · May 19, 2026 · 9.5K Views
Sam AltmanSam Altman@sama

customers are increasingly asking us for certainty on capacity. as models get better, we expect that the world will be capacity-constrained for some time. we are offering discounted tokens for 1-3 year commits. (it also helps us plan, so hopefully a big win-win.)

7:59 PM · May 19, 2026 · 442.6K Views
8:03 PM · May 19, 2026 · 2.7K Views
Lisan al GaibLisan al Gaib@scaling01

so OpenAI is now offering a hedging instrument called "Guaranteed Capacity" that protects businesses from becoming part of the permanent underclass ?

7:41 PM · May 19, 2026 · 4.3K Views
7:41 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1.4K Views

Klarna for tokens is wild lmao.

OpenAIOpenAI@OpenAI

Introducing OpenAI Guaranteed Capacity: a new offering that enables customers to guarantee long-term access to OpenAI compute. We’ve made long-term investments in infrastructure, partnerships, and capacity planning to help customers scale reliably. Now, Guaranteed Capacity helps customers plan ahead for critical workloads in a compute-constrained world. http://openai.com/guaranteed-capacity

7:44 PM · May 19, 2026 · 617.5K Views
7:54 PM · May 19, 2026 · 1.3K Views
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