OpenAI DevDay 2026: GPT-6.1 Sol, Dots, Ultrafast and 20+ Launches
On Sept 30, OpenAI's DevDay 2026 keynote—led by Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan and Holly Li—unveiled 20+ launches. Previously leaked products (GPT-6.1 Sol, Ultrafast, Pro 500, Dots) were all officially confirmed, marking another dense product update from OpenAI.
Confirmed
- GPT-6.1 Sol: Officially launched at roughly 1/5 the price (20% of Astra token cost) with near-GPT-6 Astra intelligence, nearly matching Astra on coding, computer use and professional tasks; 95% cache-read discount; available immediately to all paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, Edu). OpenAI says it improved on GPT-6 in some alignment evals.
- Dots: Always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, each with its own cloud computer and browser, working 24/7, connecting to 4,000+ apps via plugins. Available on web, mobile and desktop for Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise users in eligible markets; integrates voice and Codex.
- Ultrafast & Pro 500: Paid speed tier live today for GPT-6 Astra across Codex, ChatGPT Work and API (Sol later); up to 8x faster in Codex (300 tokens/sec), up to 6x in API. The Pro 500 plan offers 25x Plus capacity.
- Pro 200 reopened: Includes frontier models like GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol; OpenAI promises the previous 5-hour cap will not return.
- Decisions API: Powered by GPT-6 Luna, lets developers pre-define questions and candidate answers for real-time decisions like content classification, routing, or agent next steps.
- Additional dev updates include code review and parallel task capabilities, with live demos of Dots and Ultrafast.
Unconfirmed
- Several leak details lack official confirmation: orange's claim of a 50% cache price cut conflicts with the official 95% discount; markk's account of a planned "Astra Minor" naming changed after Anthropic's Opus 5.5/Sonnet 5.5 launch, haider's product-line speculation, and Bindu Reddy's inference about a distillation model codenamed Bel remain unverified.
Why it matters
GPT-6.1 Sol shipped barely a week after GPT-6 Sol, showing OpenAI's rapid cadence; Dots introduces a new "resident agent" paradigm, Ultrafast and Pro 500 target heavy users commercially, and the Decisions API opens model decision-making to developers.
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