# OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in under a week

**Published:** November 3, 2026
**Author:** Matthias Bastian
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-says-gpt-6-astra-designed-a-hardware-device-from-scratch-in-under

OpenAI's hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week, handling everything from the enclosure to the circuit board to the firmware. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model didn't always account for…

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