Jul 29 • General discussion
Leaked strategy paper from OpenAI
Here are my key takeaways.
OpenAI isn’t building a product. They’re building a platform.
The internal memo outlining the ChatGPT strategy for 2025/26 makes one thing clear: It’s not about a better chatbot. Not about smarter answers.
It's about a new operating system for humans.
The plan: By 2026, ChatGPT is to become the interface for everything. It says: “ChatGPT will replace search engines, browsers, etc. step by step.”
➡️ Internet
➡️ Communication
➡️ Tools
➡️ Decisions
OpenAI never wanted to build a SaaS model.The Plus and Team subscriptions were never the goal, more of a side effect. According to the memo, even an obstacle.
🔴 Because they want to build something bigger.
One analogy could be: They don’t want to just integrate into iOS or Android, they want to be like a new iPhone. That’s also why they acquired IO Products, they want to pursue a new path with their own device.
They also express a direct fear of Apple, Google, Microsoft because they worry these companies will block them(by pushing their own AIs and shielding users).
That’s why they want to build their own platform. Anything else makes them too dependent.
What this means for software developers:
⭕ Your app may soon no longer need a user interface, just an API. ChatGPT will handle the rest.
The key question for me: Which apps will survive this shift when the only access is through ChatGPT?
One crucial line from the paper:🔺 All human-computer interactions can run through ChatGPT. 🔺
(Or at least be orchestrated through it!)
The way I see it now: OpenAI already has the users but not yet the platform. At their current development speed, it wouldn’t surprise meif the first signs appear with GPT-5 in August,and a year from now, everything looks completely different again.
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Leaked strategy paper from OpenAI
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