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Nvidia Shares Rise After Saying Blackwell Chips Power OpenAI's New GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast

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Nvidia shares rose after it said Blackwell GPUs power OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, delivering up to eight times faster token generation than Astra Standard.

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OpenAI has made available a new ultra-fast version of its latest model, and the speed jump comes mainly thanks to the NVIDIA GPU acceleration. The company announced on October 1, 2026 that GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, a faster variant of the Astra model line, is already active in the OpenAI API and is available for [...]

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The Cryptonomist broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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