# I Cracked Open Karpathy's $100 ChatGPT — the 2019 Original Cost $43,000 and 168 Hours

> Source: <https://pub.towardsai.net/i-cracked-open-karpathys-100-chatgpt-the-2019-original-cost-43-000-and-168-hours-f55b03053f2d?source=rss----98111c9905da---4>
> Published: 2026-06-28 04:02:28+00:00

On Friday, the U.S. government told OpenAI it could not ship its smartest model to you. GPT-5.6 Sol launched June 26 to roughly twenty…
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