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OpenAI stops new self-serve fine-tuning jobs on January 6, 2027

OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs closes: readers save what they can and replace that one function.

80 days left · January 6, 2027 · Public page

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    Sorry you have to deal with this. OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs closes on January 6, 2027. Save what you can first:

1. List your fine-tuned models. Note the base model of each one. A tuned model stops when its base model shuts down.
2. Run your last training jobs. Start any job you still need before January 6. After that, new jobs are not possible.
3. Plan where to train next. OpenAI does not name a replacement on its deprecations page. Keep your training data ready.

To replace OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs, describe a verified way <your product> can help: <your link>
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]
    Short answer
    OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs closes on January 6, 2027. Save what you can first: list your fine-tuned models. Then run your last training jobs.
Happy to help if you get stuck with the move.
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]

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    Switch from OpenAI API to Your product

    OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs closes on January 6. Here is how to save what you can and move to Your product.

    What closes at OpenAI API

    From January 6, 2027, you can no longer start new fine-tuning jobs on OpenAI's self-serve platform. This is for active customers. Fine-tuned models keep working until their base model shuts down.

    • No new fine-tuning jobs from: January 6, 2027 (OpenAI)
    • Who it hits on that date: Active existing customers (OpenAI)
    • First step: May 7, 2026: no training for organizations that had not run fine-tuning before (OpenAI)
    • Second step: July 2, 2026: no new jobs for organizations with no fine-tuned inference in the past 60 days (OpenAI)
    • Fine-tuned models: Inference keeps working until the base model is deprecated (OpenAI)
    • Older fine-tuned snapshots: Fine-tuned GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 snapshots shut down January 14, 2027, with their base models (OpenAI)
    • Replacement: Not named on OpenAI's deprecations page (OpenAI)
    • Announced: May 7, 2026 (OpenAI)
    • Teams that still train models: Cannot create new jobs after January 6, 2027 (OpenAI)

    This is a full shutdown, not a pause. When the service closes, files and lists you did not save may be gone.

    What Your product gives you

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    How to move from OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning: new jobs to Your product

    1. List your fine-tuned models. Note the base model of each one. A tuned model stops when its base model shuts down.
    2. Run your last training jobs. Start any job you still need before January 6. After that, new jobs are not possible.
    3. Plan where to train next. OpenAI does not name a replacement on its deprecations page. Keep your training data ready.
    4. Import into Your product. Say which files you accept and how long an import takes.

    Tell readers the key date: January 6, 2027.

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    How to help new users settle in

    Send one short email. Say what changed, where to find you now, and what they need to do. Put the most important line first.

    If there is a date, send a short reminder a few days before it. Keep a copy of the list you sent it to.

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