GPT-6 Astra is a banger - here’s everything I’ve built

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model successfully completed tasks that previous models like GPT-5.6 Sol and Fable could not, according to early-access user Claire Vo, who demonstrated breakthroughs in ChatPRD's product intelligence feature, 3D game development, hardware hacking, and one-shot coding projects. Vo reported that Astra achieved 90% success on a feature she had attempted for six months and built a Blender asset and an AIM-style Mac app in a single shot, signaling advances in computer use, browser-based QA, and 3D generation capabilities.

I got early access to GPT-6 Astra: when I say this model broke through tasks I couldn’t crack with 5.6 Sol or Fable, I mean it specifically: the ChatPRD product intelligence feature, building 3D games, the hardware hack, and a handful of one-shot coding projects I’d tried and failed on repeatedly. Listen or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts What you’ll learn: Why Astra’s computer use feels different, and which production tools I’m trusting it with The one feature I’d thrown every model at for six months, and what finally got it to 90% How I’m using browser use for QA, not building, and what it found that I would’ve missed Why I think UI is genuinely back, and what that means for SaaS and MCPs The hardware hack I’d been chasing since GPT-5.5, and how Astra finally cracked it What Astra built me in Blender in one shot, and why 3D is my new capability benchmark The AIM-style Mac app Astra made in one shot, and what it signals about desktop development now An honest take on speed, cost, and whether Astra is worth making your daily driver In this episode, we cover: 00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c GPT-6 Astra overview 03:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=224s Browser/computer use test on my CRM 09:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=548s Flora thumbnail generation 13:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=780s Browser use for QA 15:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=920s Coding: ChatPRD product intelligence feature, finally one-shotted 18:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=1116s Hardware hack: Divoom MiniToo CLI and live streaming display 22:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=1343s Building an AIM-style Mac app 24:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=1464s Blender and 3D assets: Barbie Bench and the kids’ family app 28:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AniiF8rOu9c&t=1732s Summary: what Astra is great at and what to try first Tools referenced: • GPT-6 Astra: • Codex: https://openai.com/codex https://openai.com/codex • Flora node-based AI image/video editing : https://flora.ai/ https://flora.ai/ • Figma: https://www.figma.com https://www.figma.com • Blender: https://www.blender.org https://www.blender.org • GPT Image 2: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2 https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2 • Divoom MiniToo: https://divoom.com/products/minitoo https://divoom.com/products/minitoo • cxo.dev: https://www.cxo.dev/ https://www.cxo.dev/ Where to find Claire Vo: ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ Production and marketing by https://penname.co/ https://penname.co/ . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email email protected /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection .