Investing.com -- OpenAI, a leading AI company, is anticipating significant revenue from its AI application, ChatGPT, which is already generating a minimum of $4 billion in annualized revenue. However, according to a Wednesday report by The Information, the firm is also focusing on another promising source of income: AI applications known as agents.

Agents, in the AI context, are applications that can perform tasks for customers autonomously, without requiring much guidance. SoftBank (TYO: 9984 ), an investor in OpenAI, has pledged to invest $3 billion in OpenAI’s agents this year.

OpenAI has recently disclosed its pricing strategy for these agents. The company’s executives have informed some investors about their plans to market low-end agents at a price of $2,000 per month for high-income knowledge workers. Mid-tier agents, designed for software development, could be priced at around $10,000 a month. High-end agents, which function as PhD-level research agents, may be sold for $20,000 per month. This information was shared by an individual who had discussions with the executives.

In the future, OpenAI envisions that agent products will contribute to 20% to 25% of the company’s total revenue, according to the same individual.

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