I think a million dollars has commercial value, but maybe that's just me.

By all accounts this result cost far more than a million dollars to produce, and either way OpenAI announced they won't be accepting the prize.

Missing the point by the widest conceivable margin.

The million dollars is an award from the Clay Institute. It doesn't represent value in the proof itself, but rather is offered as a reward for an activity that, when done the human way, is expected to result in valuable ideas. As the Clay Institute says on their website, on the Navier-Stokes page:

> Why ask for a proof? Because a proof gives not only certitude, but also understanding.

It's also a fraction of the amount OpenAI invested in generating the proof, and its value to them is dwarfed by that of "bragging rights".