OpenAI plans to release an improved version of ChatGPT in the coming weeks. According to the Financial Times, this version will serve as a “super app” with coding tools and AI agents.
The company’s goal is reportedly to increase its competitiveness with Anthropic, especially among business customers, and move it closer to pre-IPO profitability. This means turning ChatGPT into a gateway that directs free users to products they can actually pay for, like the coding product Codex. In fact, the FT quoted a senior OpenAI employee declaring that “chat is dead.”
Thibault Sottiaux, who leads OpenAI’s core products and platforms, said OpenAI is working on a product that “has a personal agent who can help you across everything in your life, whether personal or professional.”
If this sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve been reporting about OpenAI’s superapp ambitions since last year.
Last March, the Wall Street Journal reported that these plans mark a major shift in strategy for the company after launching a variety of standalone products in 2025. OpenAI executives say they’re now abandoning “side quests” like video generator Sora.
