OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Space, a shared workspace designed to bring people, files, and AI assistants into the same project. The feature was unveiled on September 29, 2026, during the company’s DevDay event in San Francisco, according to Crypto Briefing. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s co-founder and CEO, presented the product announcements at the event.
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Space for Real-Time Team Collaboration at DevDay
The launch marks a significant shift away from the traditional one-person chat window. Instead of forcing team members to reconstruct context in separate conversations, teams can build a common body of information and let artificial intelligence work directly from that shared background, as reported by TechBooky. For ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers on web and desktop, ChatGPT Space completely replaces the former Library tab, though mobile users are initially limited to reading and sharing.
Dynamic Pages and Persistent AI Assistants
At the core of the new workspace are “pages”—dynamic, editable documents that multiple users can work on simultaneously. These interactive documents can incorporate text, images, charts, checklists, dashboards, and spreadsheets, and they can pull self-updating content from connected applications such as Slack and Google Drive.
The platform also integrates “dots,” a new class of always-on, persistent AI helpers and personal assistants announced by OpenAI at DevDay. Unlike one-shot assistants that vanish after a conversation ends, dots stick around and accumulate context over time. Team members can use @mentions to summon specific AI agents for particular tasks, allowing an agent to continue work across connected tools, bring back findings, track open questions, and seek human approval when needed.
Meetings Feature and Personalized Follow-Up Steps
Alongside the collaborative workspace, OpenAI introduced a Meetings feature designed to handle team conversations. According to RuntimeWire, the Meetings feature takes notes and saves personalized summaries and follow-up steps directly in ChatGPT Space, drawing on what ChatGPT knows about the user and the work they have done together.
Users have the option to keep their meeting notes private or share them with the team. This builds upon OpenAI’s existing ChatGPT Record capabilities—which transcribe and summarize voice notes—by integrating meeting follow-ups directly into the persistent team workspace alongside project pages and generated outputs.
Competitive Positioning and Enterprise Implementation
By combining documents, chats, and AI assistants into a persistent team environment, the product places OpenAI into more direct competition with established workplace software such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Industry observers note that the company is prioritizing revenue-generating power users and organizations by gating full functionality behind paid subscription tiers.
For businesses evaluating the tool, technology analysts suggest starting with a bounded project: placing a small set of documents in a Space, defining permissions, and assigning an agent a verifiable task to measure time savings and output accuracy. Success for the platform will ultimately rely on trust, strong permissions, and the quality of the collaborative work it helps teams finish.