Now Live: GPT-5 on the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform

We’re excited to announce that GPT-5 is now available on the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform.

With this update, developers can start using GPT-5 immediately via serverless inference APIs or the Gradient AI Platform SDK. Alternatively, you can bring your own OpenAI API key to integrate the new model into your Gradient AI Platform agent workflow.

Get started now

Curl command

curl https://inference.do-ai.run/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai-gpt-5",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"
      }
    ],
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "max_tokens": 1000
}'

Gradient AI Platform SDK

from gradient import Gradient

inference_key = "YOUR_GRADIENT_INFERENCE_KEY"

inference_client = Gradient(
    inference_key=inference_key,
)

inference_response = inference_client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is the capital of France?",
        }
    ],
    model="openai-gpt-5",
)

print(inference_response.choices[0].message.content)

Why GPT-5?

The latest model from OpenAI, GPT-5 brings major improvements in reasoning, specialization, and overall performance. It excels at complex tasks like financial planning, medical document analysis, code generation, and creative content creation. Whether you’re building advanced copilots, research tools, or generative experiences, GPT-5 makes it easier to deliver high-quality, domain-aware results, faster and with greater accuracy.

What’s New

• Code-first support: Access GPT-5 instantly using our serverless inference APIs or Gradient AI Platform SDK, no infrastructure needed.
• Agent-ready: Use GPT-5 as the brain behind your Gradient AI Platform agents.
• BYO OpenAI Key: Prefer your own OpenAI billing setup? No problem. You can bring your own OpenAI key and use GPT-5 within your Gradient AI Platform agent workflow

Deploy today

This release is ideal for developers who need production-ready access to cutting-edge models without GPU setup or model management.

You can start using GPT-5 on the Gradient AI Platform now:

-> New to DigitalOcean? Create an account and then generate your model access key.

-> Existing customers can start using GPT-5 immediately via serverless inference APIs, the Gradient AI Platform SDK, or by bringing your own OpenAI Key for your Gradient AI Platform agent workflow.