OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI turns ChatGPT into an app discovery and launch platform with Dots agents, extensions, Sign in with ChatGPT, and an enterprise marketplace.
At Dev Day, OpenAI announced features turning ChatGPT into an app discovery, connection, and launch platform, including in-conversation app suggestions and an expanded plugin architecture supporting interactive extensions. 'Sign in with ChatGPT' lets users carry their identity and AI allowance into third-party apps, launching with 16 partners including Cognition's Devin, Notion, Vercel, T3, OpenClaw, and Dactyl. New autonomous 'Dots' agents each run their own cloud computer and browser, connect to 4,000+ apps, and perform read-only proactive research with user approval. An enterprise marketplace launches with 30+ partners including Adobe, Figma, Salesforce, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks, with customers able to apply OpenAI commitments toward partner software.
- ChatGPT, with 1.2 billion weekly users, becomes a surface for discovering, connecting, and launching apps in-conversation.
- Sign in with ChatGPT carries identity and AI allowance to third-party apps; 16 launch partners including Devin, Notion, Vercel.
- Dots autonomous agents each get a cloud computer and browser, connecting to 4,000+ apps with read-only proactive research.
- Enterprise marketplace launches with 30+ partners; customers can apply OpenAI commitment toward approved partner software.
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OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
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