OpenAI goes full China pricing mode with an 80 percent cut to its most affordable GPT-5.6 model

Starting July 30, OpenAI is cutting GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80 percent and Terra by 20 percent. OpenAI says its top-tier Sol model helped make the company's own infrastructure more efficient, enabling the cuts. Price pressure from cheap Chinese providers and Microsoft's own MAI models likely played…

Starting July 30, OpenAI is cutting GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80 percent and Terra by 20 percent. OpenAI says its top-tier Sol model helped make the company's own infrastructure more efficient, enabling the cuts. Price pressure from cheap Chinese providers and Microsoft's own MAI models likely played a role too. The article OpenAI goes full China pricing mode with an 80 percent cut to its most affordable GPT-5.6 model appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published July 30, 2026 at 18:46 UTC — Category: Models