Founder Urges OpenAI to Cut Astra Pricing 50% to Speed Adoption
bindureddy · x · 2026-09-26
Founder Bindu Reddy wonders why OpenAI hasn't cut Astra's price by 50%, calling it "the fastest way to drive adoption while not losing much money" — and predicting OpenAI would become "the darling of X again" if it did. The post is an outside push for aggressive price cuts as OpenAI's best adoption lever.
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