OpenAI launches ChatGPT Space to embed AI collaboration into team workflows

OpenAI has built a shared workspace directly into ChatGPT, betting that teams will want to collaborate around artificial intelligence the same way they collaborate around documents and projects. The new feature, called ChatGPT Space, is available now to users on Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, accessible through the desktop app and web browser. On phones, people can view and share pages for now, though the company plans to add creation and editing later.

The space itself is straightforward in concept: a dedicated area where colleagues, the chatbot, and a company-built AI assistant work together on a common body of information. ChatGPT can organize the material based on what users ask it to do, helping teams locate what they need without having to retrace their steps or start from scratch each time they return. It's a direct answer to a real friction point in how teams currently use AI—the sense that every conversation with ChatGPT begins anew, with no institutional memory.

This launch is part of a larger reshaping of OpenAI's workplace products. The company simultaneously rolled out updates across multiple tools. Developers can now run Codex, OpenAI's code-generation system, on their own computers, remotely from a phone, or in the cloud from any device. The company also introduced reusable development environments—essentially pre-configured setups with approved permissions and settings that teams can share, reducing the friction of getting new people up to speed. These Codex features are available across Plus, Pro, Business, Healthcare, Education, and Enterprise subscriptions. The company also refreshed Codex's command-line interface and added code review and security features, along with a new cloud decisions API.

Plugin extensions received significant attention in the update. Developers can now build products that live inside ChatGPT itself, placing their services in the sidebar and creating interactive panels where users can work alongside a conversation. They can also build custom viewers for file types their products support. These capabilities are available across all subscription tiers. OpenAI also improved how developers create, submit, and discover plugins, added support for websites hosting plugins, and introduced event tools for plugin automations.

The company frames all of this as part of a strategic shift toward new ways of working with AI—specifically, toward agents that can take on ongoing responsibilities and toward hybrid workflows where people and AI systems operate together. By opening more of the platform that powers ChatGPT itself to outside developers, OpenAI is essentially inviting the software ecosystem to build native experiences inside the service. That's a significant move, and it's one that makes sense given the scale: ChatGPT now reaches 1.2 billion weekly users, a potentially enormous audience for any tool a developer builds within the platform.

ChatGPT Space is the most direct expression of this strategy applied to everyday work. Rather than asking teams to bolt AI onto their existing workflows, OpenAI is creating a persistent shared surface where AI collaboration becomes the default. The move intensifies an already crowded competition among technology companies trying to make generative AI a routine part of how offices function. Microsoft, Google, and others are pursuing similar paths—embedding AI into email, documents, and meetings. OpenAI's advantage is that ChatGPT is already where many people go to think and create. Space simply gives teams a reason to stay there together.