OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Sol API Pricing More Than 20% — For Exactly Three Months

OpenAI dropped API and credit pricing on its latest model by over 20%, but the time-boxed nature of the cut says more than the discount itself.

OpenAI announced a price reduction of more than 20% on API and credit pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol, framed as the product of continued efficiency gains alongside frontier capability improvements. The number is meaningful. But the structure is the story: the cut lasts exactly three months.

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