# OpenAI Pioneer Program for verified early users

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/openai-pioneer-program-for-verified-early-users/1393910>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-pioneer-program-for-verified-early-users/1393910 "2026-08-31T18:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlexandreDumas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@AlexandreDumas](https://community.openai.com/u/AlexandreDumas)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-pioneer-program-for-verified-early-users/1393910/1 "2026-08-31T18:01:44Z")

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Hi OpenAI team,

I’d like to submit a product/community proposal for consideration by the appropriate OpenAI team.

Would OpenAI consider creating a retroactive **OpenAI Pioneer Program** for verified early users?

I don’t mean a generic beta badge or free subscription. I think the most meaningful version would recognize something that can never be purchased later: **verified historical participation in OpenAI’s earliest years**.

My proposed core benefits would be:

• A permanent **Pioneer Passport / numbered Pioneer ID and cohort**  
• An optional official **verified Pioneer profile or handle**  
• Priority reservation rights for future **agent names, creator identities, or other OpenAI namespaces**  
• One **Founding Agent identity / early historical Agent ID**  
• An opt-in public **Pioneer Registry**  
• A private **Pioneer Club / Assembly** , potentially including structured consultations with OpenAI  
• A portable verified Pioneer credential that could be displayed on professional profiles, websites, GitHub, LinkedIn, or other platforms

The central idea is simple:

**You can buy future premium products, but you cannot buy having believed in and participated in OpenAI early.**

If OpenAI’s ecosystem becomes much larger over the coming decades, preserving this first generation of users now could become a meaningful part of OpenAI’s history.

I would especially encourage making eligibility **retroactive and determined from OpenAI’s own historical account records** , rather than through applications, purchases, or later participation.

I also think the most valuable privileges should be permanent and identity-based rather than temporary discounts — for example, a verified Pioneer number, an official OpenAI identity, priority rights when future agent or identity namespaces are created, and membership in an enduring Pioneer community.

**Could you please forward this proposal to the appropriate OpenAI product or community team for consideration?**

Separately, I would also appreciate confirmation of the creation date of my earliest OpenAI account. I believe I may have used OpenAI considerably earlier under another email address and can provide the possible addresses if needed.

Thank you for considering the idea.