Affordable reasoning from OpenAI. o4-mini made reasoning models accessible for the first time at $1.10/M. Decent Arena performance but not as strong as o3 for complex reasoning. Good for adding a reasoning step to pipelines without breaking the budget.
“Reasoning on a budget. Good enough for most, not enough for the hardest problems.”
Seed-stage teams adding reasoning capabilities to their product.
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