GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast: up to 8x faster for $500 | LAB 0018

OpenAI's coding model just got up to 8x faster - if you pay $500 a month. plus Claude Dashboards and Motion, a guide to Claude Managed Agents, Voyager, Firecrawl Universal Scrape, two safety stories, and i set up a Claude agent that checks my landing page, live. the thesis: they sell the shovels. we build. the practical: one command set up a Claude Managed Agent that opens my landing page, follows every button and tells me in Slack what's broken. first real run: about 90 seconds, 21 cents against a $5 cap, three problems found. this version finds and proposes only - the "say yes and it fixes it" step is next. i also tried GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast on a real task while filming: it sat for about 10 seconds, then worked for 9m 57s. that is one run, not a benchmark. try it: run "claude update", then give Claude Code this: /claude-api managed-agents-onboard https://claude.dev/blog/building-effective-agent-automations/ thanks to today's sponsor, my software Threadify - your lead generation agent for Threads: https://www.threadify.app/home?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=lab-0018&utm_content=sponsor links OpenAI Devs: GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast: https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2108262812489531498 Tibo: day 4, instant steering: https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2108275041276420573 Claude: Dashboards and Motion: https://x.com/claudeai/status/2108271552991252810 Claude Devs: automations with Claude Managed Agents: https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2108320296323477683 Claude guide: building effective agent automations: https://claude.dev/blog/building-effective-agent-automations/ Anvisha: Voyager: https://x.com/anvisha/status/2108252061209088159 Firecrawl: Universal Scrape: https://x.com/firecrawl/status/2108225206141518107 Jane Manchun Wong on Anthropic's usage policy: https://x.com/wongmjane/status/2108266310492917916 Mikita Balesni: the letter: https://x.com/balesni/status/2108262814003687745 Jasmine Wang: https://x.com/j_asminewang/status/2108263312291180680 OpenAI Newsroom: the reply: https://x.com/OpenAINewsroom/status/2108441580806025712 want to sponsor a future episode of the LAB? [e-mail] Lenny's AI Builders - the LAB. all the AI news you need, plus something you can actually use, in under 15 minutes. less scrolling. more "oh shit, i could do that". watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a42FHynrhZs

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