OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Go to Sixteen New Asian Countries in Push for Profitability and Market Share
SAN FRANCISCO - OpenAI is expanding access to its lower-cost ChatGPT go subscription plan to sixteen new countries across Asia, the company announced at DevDay 2025. The move comes as OpenAI seeks to bolster profitability amid significant operational losses and intensify competition with Google in the rapidly evolving conversational AI landscape.
ChatGPT Go, offering access to the platform’s capabilities at a reduced cost, is now available in key Asian markets. This expansion is a core component of OpenAI’s strategy to “strengthen profitability” while simultaneously growing its global user base, which currently stands at 800 million active users weekly – a significant increase from 700 million just two months prior.
According to Nick Turley, ChatGPT product manager, the company’s vision is to transform ChatGPT into a comprehensive platform.”making ChatGPT a platform where you can do everything – write, code, or interact with services - thanks to integrated applications,” he stated. This ambition is fueled by the recent integration of internal applications directly into ChatGPT, effectively turning the tool into an “interactive ecosystem” akin to an app store.
Despite a valuation estimated at $500 billion,OpenAI reported an operational loss of $7.8 billion during the first half of 2025. The rollout of ChatGPT Go is thus critical as OpenAI and Google vie for dominance in the ”democratization of artificial intelligence.”
