Overview
GPT-4.1 nano is the smallest, most efficient version of the series. Built for on-device and edge use, it provides lightweight reasoning and summarization with extremely low latency and cost, trading depth for portability.
Description
GPT-4.1 nano is optimized for environments where speed, cost, and footprint are critical. With a dramatically smaller parameter count, it can run efficiently on mobile devices, laptops, or cost-constrained cloud instances. It’s capable of everyday reasoning, summarization, text transformation, and lightweight Q&A, but is not designed for the deepest analytical or coding tasks that its larger siblings handle.
Nano supports structured outputs and function calls, enabling it to fit into agent frameworks and automation pipelines even in resource-restricted deployments. Typical applications include mobile chat assistants, customer service bots, embedded copilots in apps, and real-time automation tasks where responsiveness matters more than exhaustive reasoning.
Nano supports structured outputs and function calls, enabling it to fit into agent frameworks and automation pipelines even in resource-restricted deployments. Typical applications include mobile chat assistants, customer service bots, embedded copilots in apps, and real-time automation tasks where responsiveness matters more than exhaustive reasoning.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence research and innovation.
Industry:
Research Services
Company Size:
201-500
Location:
San Francisco, California, US
Website:
openai.com
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Last updated: October 3, 2025