OpenAI insider says internal tool Astra was biggest edge, pulling roadmap forward 6 months
generativist · x · 2026-09-07
OpenAI's thsottiaux says the internal tool Astra, while not generally available, was likely the company's biggest competitive advantage — productivity jumped so much that some plans moved 6 months ahead and will now ship at DevDay instead of mid next year.
Andrew Curran adds that competing against OpenAI or Anthropic means facing staff using models two generations ahead of public ones, burning $7k–$10k of tokens daily on an infinite budget at 8x normal speed.
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