OpenAI plans to integrate its AI tools into the Superapp desktop app

OpenAI is creating a desktop “super app” made up of its three tools: ChatGPT, the Codex programming platform, and the Atlas Browser, according to a report from OpenAI. The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI executives said the goal of this new desktop app is to improve the user experience.

The move comes after the magazine reported earlier this week that OpenAI Applications CEO Fidji Simo told employees that the company wants to focus on its core business rather than… Side projects.

In a Thursday memo to employees cited by the newspaper, Simo, who is leading development of the new app, said the company is spreading its “efforts across too many applications and stacks, and that we need to streamline our efforts.”

ChatGPT It is the premium chatbot from OpenAI, Codex Alimentarius It is a programming platform designed for software developers, and atlas It is the company’s first AI browser, which works like a traditional internet browser, but with ChatGPT as an assistant.

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By creating a single app, OpenAI hopes to better compete with competitors such as Anthropic. Response to the newspaper report in A Share on XThe move aims to build on the recent success of Codex, a competitor to Anthropic’s Claude Code, Simo said.

“Companies go through exploration phases and refocusing phases, both of which are critical,” Simo said. “But when new bets start to work, as we see now with Codex, it is very important to double down on them and avoid distractions. We are really happy that we are seizing this moment.”

An OpenAI representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Earlier this week, OpenAI announced… New GPT-5.4 mini and nano, smaller and faster versions of ChatGPT 5.4. These programming models also highlight the company’s focus on supporting programmers and organizations rather than engaging in different projects.