OpenAI's frontier output token pricing has faced sustained downward pressure in 2026 from efficiency gains in inference, prompt caching, and batch processing, which the company has passed to customers through multiple cuts. The GPT-6 Sol tier now lists at $10 per million output tokens after a 50% reduction, while GPT-6 Astra sits at $50 and legacy high-end options like GPT-5.5 Pro remain at $180. Intense competition from Anthropic's Claude models, DeepSeek's sub-$3 blended rates, and Google's offerings has accelerated the trend, with the broader frontier price index down over 80% from 2023 levels. Traders are watching the November 2026 expiration of GPT-5.6 Sol promotions and any GPT-7 announcements for signals on whether the steep decline continues or stabilizes around current flagship rates.
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OpenAI's frontier model means the model with the highest score in the "Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index" (AAII) column of the model leaderboard at https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models among entries listing OpenAI as the "Creator". The "Status" filter must be set to "Current", with "Weights", "Size", "Price", and "Reasoning" set to "All".
Only models with a standard output token price listed on OpenAI's official API pricing page will be considered. Only models that are publicly accessible, including via open beta or open rolling waitlist signups, will be considered; models available only through a closed beta or any form of private or limited access will not qualify.
Where the leaderboard lists one model under several reasoning-effort or configuration settings, those entries count as the same model and its highest displayed score applies. If two or more qualifying models share the highest displayed score, all respective standard output token prices of those models will be considered. Scores will be taken as displayed under the index, regardless of any underlying granular or unrounded data published elsewhere.
The relevant price is the “Standard” output token price on OpenAI’s official API pricing page, using the “Short context” rate where context-based pricing differs. Prices for batch, flex, fast mode, priority, long-context, cached, or regional and data-residency variants will not be considered. Any promotional, temporary, or volume-discount pricing will not be used for resolution; only the standard listed API price applies.
A price qualifies only while the model meets the frontier definition above, after market creation. A later leaderboard appearance or score change will not cause an earlier price to qualify.
The resolution sources for this market will be the Artificial Analysis leaderboard for model scores and OpenAI's official API pricing page (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing) for prices. Official announcements and archived copies of these pages may be used to confirm the scores, prices, and when they were displayed; a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Market Opened: Sep 24, 2026, 4:24 AM ET
Resolution Source
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricingResolver
0x65070be91...OpenAI's frontier model means the model with the highest score in the "Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index" (AAII) column of the model leaderboard at https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models among entries listing OpenAI as the "Creator". The "Status" filter must be set to "Current", with "Weights", "Size", "Price", and "Reasoning" set to "All".
Only models with a standard output token price listed on OpenAI's official API pricing page will be considered. Only models that are publicly accessible, including via open beta or open rolling waitlist signups, will be considered; models available only through a closed beta or any form of private or limited access will not qualify.
Where the leaderboard lists one model under several reasoning-effort or configuration settings, those entries count as the same model and its highest displayed score applies. If two or more qualifying models share the highest displayed score, all respective standard output token prices of those models will be considered. Scores will be taken as displayed under the index, regardless of any underlying granular or unrounded data published elsewhere.
The relevant price is the “Standard” output token price on OpenAI’s official API pricing page, using the “Short context” rate where context-based pricing differs. Prices for batch, flex, fast mode, priority, long-context, cached, or regional and data-residency variants will not be considered. Any promotional, temporary, or volume-discount pricing will not be used for resolution; only the standard listed API price applies.
A price qualifies only while the model meets the frontier definition above, after market creation. A later leaderboard appearance or score change will not cause an earlier price to qualify.
The resolution sources for this market will be the Artificial Analysis leaderboard for model scores and OpenAI's official API pricing page (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing) for prices. Official announcements and archived copies of these pages may be used to confirm the scores, prices, and when they were displayed; a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Resolution Source
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricingResolver
0x65070be91...OpenAI's frontier output token pricing has faced sustained downward pressure in 2026 from efficiency gains in inference, prompt caching, and batch processing, which the company has passed to customers through multiple cuts. The GPT-6 Sol tier now lists at $10 per million output tokens after a 50% reduction, while GPT-6 Astra sits at $50 and legacy high-end options like GPT-5.5 Pro remain at $180. Intense competition from Anthropic's Claude models, DeepSeek's sub-$3 blended rates, and Google's offerings has accelerated the trend, with the broader frontier price index down over 80% from 2023 levels. Traders are watching the November 2026 expiration of GPT-5.6 Sol promotions and any GPT-7 announcements for signals on whether the steep decline continues or stabilizes around current flagship rates.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated

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