OpenAI will host third‑party apps inside ChatGPT, with an SDK, review process, an app directory, and monetization to follow. Users will call apps like Spotify, Expedia, and Canva from within a chat while the model orchestrates context and actions. This moves ChatGPT from a single tool to an OS‑like layer that intermediates apps, data, and payments.
— An AI‑native app store raises questions about platform governance, antitrust, data rights, and who controls access to users in the next computing layer.
BeauHD
2025.12.03
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Anthropic is turning Claude Code into a commercial developer platform for coding agents and just bought Bun (a JavaScript runtime) to control the execution/runtime layer — the same platformization dynamic described by the 'ChatGPT Becomes an App Platform' idea (models hosting third‑party apps and monetizing integrations). The article names Claude Code, its enterprise customers (Netflix, Spotify, Salesforce) and $1B revenue figure as evidence the coding‑agent platform is already commercial.
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2025.12.02
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Both items signal a shift in where and how software ecosystems concentrate: Samsung’s TriFold + on‑device DeX turns a single handset into a multi‑app, multi‑workspace platform (phone acting like an OS/desktop) just as the existing idea describes AI chat interfaces becoming app‑centric intermediaries. The common thread is platform consolidation around a single consumer surface that intermediates apps, data and monetization.
EditorDavid
2025.10.11
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An in‑chat ad stack and attribution infrastructure complements OpenAI’s move to host third‑party apps inside ChatGPT, pushing it from a single tool toward a full platform that intermediates content, commerce—and now ads.
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2025.10.06
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OpenAI announced in‑chat apps (e.g., Booking.com, Canva, Zillow), a developer SDK in preview, a coming app directory, and monetization guidance 'soon,' alongside 'Instant Checkout.'