OpenAI expands low-cost ChatGPT Go plan to 70+ countries

Rolling ChatGPT Go out to dozens of additional countries is less about short-term revenue and more about saturating the world with mid-tier access to frontier models. By pricing Go well below Pro and Plus, OpenAI is trying to normalize everyday use of GPT-5.2 Instant for image generation, data analysis, and long-context chat. That dramatically enlarges the pool of users feeding real-world prompts into the system—and, by extension, the feedback and telemetry OpenAI can use to refine its models and safety systems.

There’s also a strategic positioning play here. In India, Google countered Go with its own ultra-cheap AI Plus subscription; expanding Go globally makes sure OpenAI doesn’t let rivals define the entry-level AI experience. For the AGI race, democratizing access matters because the next wave of advantage may come less from single big breakthroughs and more from breadth: how many developers, small businesses, and students are building workflows and tools on top of your stack. Go’s expansion pushes OpenAI’s footprint outwards at a moment when infrastructure-heavy moves like Project Stargate threaten to tilt the game toward whoever owns the biggest datacenters.