OpenAI DevDay 2026: 20+ launches — Dots agents, GPT-6.1 Sol, Amazon Bedrock partnership
What happened
OpenAI unveiled more than 20 products at its DevDay 2026 conference on September 29, headlined by 'Dots' — GPT-6 Astra-powered always-on AI agents, each with its own cloud computer, extensible with over 4,000 plugins, accessible via ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. It launched GPT-6.1 Sol, which delivers near-Astra performance on agentic coding and computer use at one-fifth the token price; Codex in the cloud; the Agents API in public beta with computer use; plugin extensions; ChatGPT Spaces; a new $500/month Pro 500 tier with an 'Ultrafast' speed tier; and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, which runs OpenAI-powered agents inside AWS. OpenAI also disclosed ChatGPT has reached 1.2 billion weekly users, while its next frontier model (GPT-6.1 Astra) remains on hold over safety concerns.
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- AMZN (Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents now runs OpenAI-powered agents inside AWS — a direct OpenAI/AWS partnership), MSFT (Dots agents integrate with Microsoft Teams; deepens the OpenAI-Microsoft ecosystem), META (Dots framed as a Meta Muse competitor — adds pressure after today's BofA note on Muse threatening Apple's services revenue), and the broader AI software/infrastructure complex (cheaper frontier-class inference via GPT-6.1 Sol at 1/5 the token price pressures model-pricing power).