Sam Altman launches 6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence at 1/5th the price with 95% cache-read discount
sama · x · 2026-09-30
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman officially announced 6.1 Sol:
- Near-flagship Astra intelligence at 1/5th of Astra's price
- 95% discount on cache reads, sharply cutting costs for high-volume usage
- Described as an "absolute workhorse" model
- Pairs with the ultrafast speed tier (8X, live for Astra today and coming to 6.1 Sol), per the quoted post by Thibault Sottiaux
A significant pricing shift for developers with high-throughput, cache-heavy workloads.
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