OpenAI launches Ultrafast: up to 8x faster than Astra Standard in Codex
OpenAI · youtube · 2026-09-30
OpenAI unveiled Ultrafast, its fastest way to build with Astra: inside Codex it runs up to 8x faster than Astra Standard and 4x faster than Astra Fast, pitched as turning ideas into working code as fast as you can type.
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