2026-09-29T18:27:48.000ZSimon Willison · EverythingFor builders

GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

My comment on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price — Hacker News.

Why it matters

Simon Willison published a model update. If you use a hosted chat, read the source before you assume your usual model changed.

What you can do

GPT-6.1 Sol is on the cloud board. List cost is $2 in and $10 out per million tokens.

For builders

Try GPT-6.1 Sol. Copy the OpenRouter call.

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curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-6.1-sol","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

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GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

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My comment on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price — Hacker News.

Why it matters

Simon Willison published a model update. If you use a hosted chat, read the source before you assume your usual model changed.

What you can do

GPT-6.1 Sol is on the cloud board. List cost is $2 in and $10 out per million tokens.

For builders

Try GPT-6.1 Sol. Copy the OpenRouter call.

Copy

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-6.1-sol","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Open the source

See GPT-6.1 Sol Plan a job from this

GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

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