Startup says internal Astra use pulled roadmap 6 months ahead, shipping at DevDay
thedealdirector · x · 2026-09-07
OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux says Astra was their biggest competitive advantage pre-GA: internal productivity jumped so much that some plans moved up 6 months and will ship at DevDay. Cloud infra practitioner @thedealdirector corroborates, but notes Grok Bot is delivering what OpenClaw + Codex should have months ago — great ideas still matter.
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