{"id":465795,"date":"2026-06-07T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465795\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:21:10","slug":"openai-plans-to-overhaul-chatgpt-into-super-app-in-upcoming-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465795\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT into ‘super app’ in upcoming update"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI<\/a> plans to transform ChatGPT into a “superapp” that combines coding tools and AI agents, with executives aiming to focus the product on the functions that offer the most revenue possible ahead of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) later this year, The Financial Times reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The company is facing growing pressure to forge a path to profitability by driving higher revenue, with the main strategy being to attract more lucrative clients<\/a> and compete more fiercely with rival Anthropic.<\/p>\n

The main change would be the focus OpenAI is giving to agents over chatbots<\/a>, even if the latter is the reason why the company became “the face of the AI revolution” when it launched back in 2022.<\/p>\n

The company, according to\u00a0the FT, will focus its resources on developing Codex, an AI agent that helps with coding and software development, which\u00a0is included in OpenAI’s premium paid features.<\/p>\n

The overhaul is reportedly set to be unveiled in the coming weeks, initially appearing as an update to the ChatGPT app that encourages customers to use coding, image generation, and apps from external partners.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025 (credit: REUTERS\/DADO RUVIC)’Chat is dead,’ OpenAI employees say<\/p>\n

\u201cChat is dead,\u201d one senior OpenAI employee told FT when asked about the future pathway for the company.<\/p>\n

OpenAI<\/a>, whose estimated value is around $850 billion, will aim to give its users a product more similar to Anthropic’s models, which focus on AI agents capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously from a single instruction.<\/p>\n

“What we\u2019re building towards is where you have your own personal agent that is capable of helping you\u2009across everything in your life, be it personally or at work,” Thibault Sottiaux, who previously ran Codex and now leads all of OpenAI\u2019s core product and platform, told the FT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can connect through it on your mobile, desktop, or web. When you\u2019re in the car, you can talk to it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we have [artificial general intelligence], I don\u2019t think there will be a large number of distinct brands,\u201d said Alex Embiricos, OpenAI\u2019s head of enterprise product.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably there will be a single entity that I can talk to that can do whatever I need,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

OpenAI road from dreams to profits<\/p>\n

Currently, the company remains largely reliant on its individual users, with company contracts accounting for roughly 40% of OpenAI’s income (which will rise to 50% in the coming year, according to internal estimates).<\/p>\n

According to Jenny Xiao, a partner at Leonis Capital and a former researcher at OpenAI, the company used to “swing for the fences,” prioritizing innovation over profitable products.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow the two are converging, because both of them are trying to aim for an IPO and investors care more about money than dreams,\u201d she told\u00a0FT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI plans to transform ChatGPT into a “superapp” that combines coding tools and AI agents, with executives aiming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,9473,4036,111,139,69,620,145,93236],"class_list":["post-465795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-chatbot","tag-chatgpt","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-openai","tag-technology","tag-technology-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}