OpenAI plans ChatGPT 'superapp' overhaul ahead of listing, FT reports


ChatGPT app icon in this illustration taken June 5, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

June 7 (Reuters) - OpenAI is ⁠planning its biggest ChatGPT overhaul yet, aiming to turn it ⁠into a "superapp" with coding tools and AI agents to ‌boost revenue ahead of a potential stock market listing, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The changes are part of a broader reorganisation at OpenAI, as it shifts ​resources to target lucrative enterprise clients and ⁠intensify competition with rival Anthropic, ⁠the report said, citing more than a dozen current and former employees.

Reuters ⁠could ‌not immediately verify the report. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

The overhaul will give greater ⁠prominence and resources to OpenAI's coding product Codex ​and is set ‌to roll out in the coming weeks, initially appearing as ⁠updates to ​ChatGPT's website and mobile apps, the FT said.

To drive uptake, OpenAI is redesigning ChatGPT's interface with new prompts and features steering users toward coding ⁠tools, image generation and partner services such ​as Canva and Booking.com, the report added.

Most Codex users are paying customers, while 2 million businesses account for about 40% of OpenAI's revenue, FT ⁠said, adding that the companyexpects that share to rise to 50% by year-end.

ChatGPT serves more than 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI said earlier this year, adding that it had surpassed 50 million ​consumer subscribers.

Reuters reported in May that OpenAI ⁠was preparing a confidential U.S. IPO filing in the coming weeks. However, ​CEO Sam Altman has said the ‌company is not focused on timing and ​will go public when it makes sense.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard and Kim Coghill)

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