I suspect that OpenAI's primary source of income will be as an API to other apps. I just read that MS is looking to use it in its office suite. It doesn't take

I suspect that OpenAI's primary source of income will be as an API to other apps. I just read that MS is looking to use it in its office suite. It doesn't take much insight to see that many other companies will want to do it too. OpenAI's Chatgpt will have a hard time competing as a stand-alone app since the big tech players all have a version of AI that they can offer. Big tech can ultimately offered their AI services for free since they have other sources of income. If they follow the Dall-E2 model they will charge about 2 cents per prompt. That may sound good but it's hard to plan as a business when your business' income is hard to predict. My guess is that ChatGPT will be offered as a subscription with the lowest level somewhere between $15 and 30 dollars a month for individuals. The subscription price will scale for businesses of different sizes. They can't charge too much since other companies can come in and underprice them. They need to make it a no brainer expense for individuals.