OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 API prices by up to 80%

GPT-5.6 Luna input costs dropped to $0.20 per million tokens, while GPT-5.6 Terra saw a 20% reduction. OpenAI achieved these savings by using GPT-5.6 Sol to autonomously optimize its own GPU kernels and inference stack.
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- Jul 30
Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT-5.6openai.com
OpenAI cuts prices for two of its GPT-5.6 AI models as companies grow sensitive to costscnbc.com
AI Gateway: GPT-5.6 pricing and speed updatesvercel.com
Chinese AI competitors may have forced OpenAI’s hand on pricingthenewstack.io
AI price wars: OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% as model competition shifts toward costventurebeat.com
- Jul 31
- Aug 21
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