Industry eventModerate global significanceConfirmed confidence
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna API prices by 80%
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna API input and output prices to 0.20 and 1.20 per million tokens.
What happened
Event details
On July 30, OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna API input pricing from 1.00 to 0.20 per million tokens, cached input from 0.10 to 0.02, and output from 6.00 to 1.20, an overall reduction of 80%. Codex and ChatGPT Work subscription prices and usage budgets remain unchanged, while Luna credits are consumed at the lower rate. The note records that the price was soon undercut.
Assessment
Why it matters
A material API pricing change that affects the cost of using a published model.
61/100Global significance score. Regional effects are recorded only when the evidence supports a meaningful difference.
Availability
Access notes
Available through the GPT-5.6 Luna API.