# GPT-6 Astra was pretrained on more than 100,000 GPUs at the Stargate site in Texas

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/gpt-6-astra-was-pretrained-on-more-than-100-000-gpus-at-the-stargate-7cb23e8a
Date: 3 Sep 2026
About: [OpenAI](https://technooptimist.io/companies/openai.md) · [Stargate](https://technooptimist.io/computing/stargate.md)
Original source: https://fortune.com/2026/09/03/openai-debuts-gpt-6-astra-computer-use-greg-brockman-says-start-of-agi/

OpenAI research VP Aidan Clark said GPT-6 Astra came from the company's largest training run by far, and the first time it pretrained on more than 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate site in Texas.

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