Archive · 11 Aug 2026
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Business Premium seats with 5x AI usage
OpenAI is a company that makes smart computer programs that can talk and help people with tasks.
One of its programs is called ChatGPT, and many businesses use it to help with their work.
OpenAI now has a new way for businesses to pay for ChatGPT, called Premium seats.
A seat is like a spot for one worker to use the program.
Premium seats let workers use ChatGPT five times more than regular seats.
This is helpful for people who use it a lot, like for analyzing data or creating marketing campaigns.
Businesses can choose which workers get the bigger Premium seats and which ones keep regular seats.
Premium seats cost more money, but there is a special deal for the first 10,000 businesses that sign up early — they can get up to $500 of free credit.
Businesses must sign up before August 20 to get the deal.
This helps companies pay only for the AI access their workers really need.
OpenAI launched Premium seats for ChatGPT Business, giving users five times more AI usage than Standard seats.
Premium seats cost $125 per user per month, or $100 per user per month with annual billing, while Standard seats remain $25 or $20.
Premium seats remove the five-hour usage limit and provide predictable weekly usage resets.
Administrators can mix Standard and Premium seats in one workspace and monitor usage, billing, and spending from a single place.
OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.6 Luna as the default ChatGPT model and removed text chat limits for free tier users.
- Who
- OpenAI and its ChatGPT Business customers
- What
- OpenAI launched ChatGPT Business Premium seats with five times more AI usage, and made GPT-5.6 Luna the default ChatGPT model
- When
- Announced now, with the early adopter promotion ending on August 20
- Where
- On the ChatGPT Business platform, open to workspace owners via a waitlist
- Why
- To let companies allocate higher AI capacity to heavy users without moving the entire team to a more expensive plan
- Company
- OpenAI
- Product
- ChatGPT Business Premium seats
- Premium seat price
- $125 per user per month (monthly billing) or $100 per user per month (annual billing)
- Standard seat price
- $25 per user per month, or $20 per user per month with annual billing
- Usage benefit
- 5x more AI usage than Standard seats, no five-hour limit, weekly usage resets, shared workspace credits
- Early adopter incentive
- Up to $500 in workspace credits ($100 per Premium seat, max 5 seats) for the first 10,000 eligible customers
- Promotion deadline
- August 20
- Default model
- GPT-5.6 Luna; text chat limits removed for free tier users