OpenAI to launch super‑app ChatGPT with Codex
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- OpenAI plans to launch a revamped ChatGPT in the coming weeks as a “super app” that bundles coding tools and AI agents.
- OpenAI aims to outpace Anthropic for business customers and improve profitability before an IPO.
- OpenAI will use the super app to channel free users toward paid products such as Codex, with a senior employee declaring “Chat is dead.”
- Thibault Sottiaux, head of OpenAI’s core product and platform, says the app will feature a personal agent that assists users across personal and work tasks.
- OpenAI is dropping “side quests” like the video generator Sora, per a March Wall Street Journal report.
Why it matters: OpenAI’s super‑app rollout will convert free ChatGPT users into paying customers for tools such as Codex, boosting revenue and tightening its competitive edge over Anthropic in the enterprise AI market.
