OpenAI is gearing up to release a major update to ChatGPT in the next few weeks, according to a report from the Financial Times. The new version is designed to act as a super app, combining coding capabilities with AI agents in one platform.
Competing With Anthropic and Chasing Profitability
The strategy shift is driven by a desire to better compete with Anthropic, especially among business clients. OpenAI also wants to move closer to profitability before a potential initial public offering. The super app approach is intended to turn ChatGPT into a gateway that funnels free users toward paid products.
One of those paid products is Codex, a coding tool. A senior OpenAI employee told the Financial Times that "Chat is dead," signaling a move beyond simple chatbot interactions.
Thibault Sottiaux, who leads core product and platform at OpenAI, described the vision: "Where you have your own personal agent that is capable of helping you … across everything in your life, be it personally or at work."
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Familiar Ambitions and a Change in Strategy
The super app concept is not new. Reports about OpenAI's ambitions in this area have surfaced since last year. In March 2026, The Wall Street Journal reported that these plans represent a significant pivot for the company.
Throughout 2025, OpenAI launched several standalone products. Now executives say they are abandoning what they call side quests. Video generator Sora is among the projects being dropped to focus on the super app vision.
Context on the Companies and Products
OpenAI, founded in 2015, is known for developing ChatGPT and large language models like GPT-4. Codex is a system that translates natural language into code. Sora is a text-to-video generation tool that was announced in early 2024 but never widely released. Anthropic, a rival AI company, makes the Claude family of models and competes directly with OpenAI in enterprise and consumer markets.
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