OpenAI launches Ultrafast tier for GPT-6 Astra
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Ultrafast offers up to 8x faster token generation (300 tokens/sec) in Codex and up to 6x in the API, running on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. It is billed at 6x standard rates ($60/M input, $300/M output) and is limited to Pro 500 users.
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