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title: "The GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal at a 50% discount from October 1, including access to GPT-6 Astra (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/the-gsa-says-openai-is-replacing-its-1-per-year-pilot-for-us-agencies-8e5089e4
published: 2026-09-11T14:35:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# The GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal at a 50% discount from October 1, including access to GPT-6 Astra (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-11 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/the-gsa-says-openai-is-replacing-its-1-per-year-pilot-for-us-agencies-8e5089e4

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg : The GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal at a 50% discount from October 1, including access to GPT-6 Astra — OpenAI is ending a pilot program that allowed government agencies to use its models for only $1 per year and moving …

In this story: [General Services Administration](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/general-services-administration), [Maggie Eastland](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/maggie-eastland)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260911/p18#a260911p18)

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