OpenAI o1 API General Availability
Narrative
Production o1 reasoning API. Structured outputs. Adjustable thinking time. $15/$60 pricing. Enterprise features.
Reality
API stable and performant. Thinking time configuration enables cost/quality tradeoff. Structured outputs work well. Adoption strong for complex reasoning tasks. Cost concerns limited broad deployment.
Implication
Productized reasoning for enterprise. But DeepSeek R1 open alternative limited pricing power. Reasoning became commodity. Application innovation shifted to orchestration.