{"slug": "openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans", "title": "OpenAI developer claims Astra boosted productivity so much it pulled some plans forward by six months", "summary": "OpenAI developer Thibault Sottiaux said internal use of Astra, the company's AI assistant, boosted productivity so much that some plans were pulled forward by six months, calling it OpenAI's 'biggest competitive advantage' while it was not publicly available.", "body_md": "# OpenAI developer claims Astra boosted productivity so much it pulled some plans forward by six months\n\nBy Matthias BastianSource: \n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n [OpenAI](/glossary/openai) developer Thibault Sottiaux calls Astra the company's \"biggest competitive advantage\" while it wasn't publicly available. Internal use boosted productivity so much that some plans got pulled forward by six months.\n\nThe article [OpenAI developer claims Astra boosted productivity so much it pulled some plans forward by six months](https://the-decoder.com/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans-forward-by-six-months/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-i-r43z", "published_at": "2026-09-06 10:15:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 02:07:47.804166+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Thibault Sottiaux", "Astra"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-developer-claims-astra-boosted-productivity-so-much-it-pulled-some-plans.jsonld"}}