Airbnb widens access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models
Learn how Airbnb is expanding access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models to help engineering teams solve bugs, design systems, and ship faster.
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Airbnb has expanded access to OpenAI's frontier AI models, including GPT-6 Astra, for its engineering and product development teams through a new agreement. This builds on Airbnb's existing use of earlier OpenAI models like Codex and GPT-5.6 variants for internal software development and creating AI agents. The expanded access is provided through OpenAI APIs and Amazon Bedrock, and Airbnb's early testing shows GPT-6 Astra helping engineers debug code, design systems, and complete non-coding work more efficiently than previous models. Beyond engineering, Airbnb also uses OpenAI models across search, fraud prevention, customer support, and insurance claims processing.
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