AI Launch Profile
Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
OpenAI released the first o1 reasoning model preview, designed to spend more time on hard problems in science, coding, and math.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- OpenAI
- Launch date
- September 12, 2024
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Research Tools
- Audience
- Developers, Enterprises, Researchers, Students
- Pricing
- Available through eligible ChatGPT plans and OpenAI API access; pricing and limits are set by OpenAI plan and API pages.
- Free plan
- No
- API
- Yes
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Status
- Verified
- Source links
- 3
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: verified June 8, 2026
- Last verified
- June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 11, 2026
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Kingy Launch Score
7.2 / 10 · Solid
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Why this score
- Source & verification 8.0/10 — The launch post plus two system cards (the preview PDF and the o1 system card) — three first-party sources. openai.com
- Product evidence 7.0/10 — A reasoning-model preview available through eligible ChatGPT plans and the API, documented by system cards. openai.com
- Significance & novelty 7.5/10 — The record notes the launch created a new public category for reasoning models and became a benchmark comparison point for later 2025 models. openai.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 6.0/10 — Access ran through eligible ChatGPT plans and the API with OpenAI-set limits; the record notes the preview had strict limits and was quickly superseded. openai.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-11
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Kingy AI Take
OpenAI released the first o1 reasoning-model preview, designed to spend more time on hard problems in science, coding, and math, with two system cards published (openai.com). Researchers and Developers working on problems that reward deliberate reasoning got a new kind of model. The record notes the preview had strict limits and was quickly superseded by later o-series models, so its value now is mainly as the start of the reasoning-model category.
Who it is for
Researchers, developers, technical operators, and teams working on problems that benefit from deeper reasoning rather than fast chat alone.
Traction notes
The launch created a new public category for reasoning models and became a benchmark comparison point for later 2025 models.
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