Hacker News · recent high-discussion business signal · Published 2026-08-18
GPT-5.6 Sol: revisiting a pricing discussion
An August 21, 2026 OpenRouter record lists GPT-5.6 Sol at $2 input and $10 output per million tokens, alongside a “50% off” label.
What this observation recorded
The OpenRouter receipt is dated August 21, 2026 at 22:21:21 UTC. It records GPT-5.6 Sol input at $2 and output at $10 per million tokens, in US dollars.
- API pricing: input $4 / 1M tokens · output $20 / 1M tokens · promotion scope not verified · data: OpenRouter snapshot · observed 2026-10-25 09:03:52 Beijing time
The label and its time context
The page displayed “50% off”. The record does not establish a pre-promotion baseline or the promotion’s start and end times, so the graphic preserves the observed rates without reconstructing earlier prices.
The Hacker News submission date is separate from the price observation. Earlier editorial corrections to displayed figures remain part of the record; they are not recast as a verified market price-change event.
Sources and notes
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Sources and notes
- Read the originalHacker News · recent high-discussion business signal
- Dated historical observation of the OpenRouter model page
Retained summary and context
Verified key facts: the OpenRouter model page still lists 50% off, at $2 input and $10 output per million tokens; the HN thread reached 633 points and 448 comments. The opportunity is not the buzz but recomputing unit cost with real workloads: batch pipelines, long contexts, and high-frequency agent flows where a previously unviable product may now clear the bar.
This is a discussion snapshot from Aug 22, 2026. Points and comments measure attention and are not proof of buyers, revenue, profit, or a repeatable opportunity; prices come from OpenRouter's official page and may change at any time.
Sources and evidence · 2 links
Each link has a purpose and scope. Link counts do not establish independent confirmation; direct support applies only to the statements specified below.
Source timeline
- · The Hacker News submission linked to the model page under the title ‘GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50% on OpenRouter.’ That created a price lead requiring maker-source verification.
- · The official Hacker News API still returned 633 points and 448 comments. Nothing changed from the prior snapshot, so attention was not repackaged as an additional update.
- · OpenRouter’s official model page listed $2 input and $10 output per million tokens while still showing 50% off. BitShovel corrected the prior $2.50/$15 display accordingly.
- · Comparison (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class comparisons and sentiment signal the market's relative standing.
- · Risk event (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class security or reliability events change adoption boundaries and risk calls.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Risk event (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class security or reliability events change adoption boundaries and risk calls.
- · Risk event (OpenAI GPT): "Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental " — lead via simon-willison-entries. Same-class security or reliability events change adoption boundaries and risk calls.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): "New release of LLM adds support for reasoning tr" — lead via simon-willison-entries. Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Risk event (OpenAI GPT): "OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging " — lead via simon-willison-entries. Same-class security or reliability events change adoption boundaries and risk calls.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Release watch (OpenAI GPT): market chatter captured via aihot-featured (headline in Chinese). Same-class release moves reshape expectations and alternatives.
- · Risk event (OpenAI GPT): "OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘work" — lead via techcrunch-ai. Same-class security or reliability events change adoption boundaries and risk calls.
Collection record
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Editorial record
Corrected
· Beijing time (UTC+8)
The title now names the use or discussion covered in the article, removing collection ranks, unqualified promotional wording and overstatement. Original sources, historical prices and dates remain; this edit does not represent a new release or price change.
Sources and full record
This dates our review of the wording and sources, not a project release or product update.
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