OpenAI unveiled more than 20 new products at its annual DevDay event in San Francisco, with Dots as the headliner. The new desktop agents are designed to work through text, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other connected apps, taking on multistep tasks and only asking a human when review is needed.
Dots are positioned as a rival to Meta’s Muse and the Instinct assistant. OpenAI said they can keep track of a project, prepare for an appointment, and follow up on a to-do list. They also learn a user’s preferences over time and remember past conversations and decisions.
The company said Dots run on a cloud computer and can access a web browser and more than 4,000 supported apps. OpenAI also said users can interact with a Dot through a text-message-like interface, or on a voice call from ChatGPT on the web, desktop, or mobile. Conversations with Dots do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits.
OpenAI said Dots are rolling out first to ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users. Fortune reported that Pro and Business Premium users get one free Dot included in their plans, while OpenAI plans to offer paid options for more Dots later. The company also said it is testing specialist Dots for specific roles inside organizations.
The launch comes with a clear trade-off. OpenAI said Dots include built-in rules, custom permissions, and an auto-review feature to prevent sensitive actions from going through without approval. The company said users can block certain actions or require permission for tasks like changing a password.
OpenAI also unveiled ChatGPT Space, a collaborative area inside the app where users can build on what they create without exporting it. The company said people can create documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks there, and that multiple teammates and agents can edit the same deck at once and leave comments.
Alongside the agent push, OpenAI introduced a new $500-a-month plan that offers the highest usage allowance and makes Codex eight times as fast. Fortune also reported that OpenAI appears to be nudging power users toward the new tier by reducing the included usage on its $200-a-month Pro plan, while removing the five-hour usage limit from that same plan.
OpenAI also debuted GPT-6.1 Sol for developers and builders through the API. Fortune said it aims to offer nearly the same level of intelligence as GPT-6 Astra at a fifth of the price, with pricing set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
The numbers come first. OpenAI said more than 1.2 billion people now use ChatGPT each week, along with 2.5 million businesses. Power is clearly shifting toward platforms that can bundle work, chat, and automation in one place. That is exactly why Google Workspace, Meta, and smaller AI startups should be paying attention.
Capital rewards clear rules, and the same market logic applies to software. The company that can combine agents, collaboration, and pricing leverage will keep taking share. For the rest, the risk is simple: being turned into a feature inside someone else’s platform.
