OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Space, a collaborative workspace that transforms the chatbot's existing Library feature into an environment where humans and AI agents co-create documents in real time. The product was unveiled at the company's DevDay event in San Francisco on September 29, 2026. DevDay, OpenAI's annual developer conference, typically serves as the stage for the company's major platform announcements.

The feature is live now for ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers on web and desktop. Mobile users are limited to reading and sharing for the time being.

How ChatGPT Space works

The core of the feature centers on “pages” — dynamic, editable documents that multiple users can work on simultaneously. Real-time multiplayer editing is a format Google Docs helped popularize; Space applies it to documents that are natively wired into AI. Pages draw on ChatGPT's conversational AI, Codex agents, and a new class of persistent AI helpers called “dots” to keep current and contextually aware.

Users can create pages from existing conversations or start fresh from templates. The workspace also supports @mentions, which summon specific AI agents for particular tasks — a setup that moves document creation closer to project management with an AI team on standby.

Pages can pull self-updating content from connected applications such as Slack and Google Drive, so documents stay current without manual updates from the tools teams already use. Teams working across multiple pages maintain a consistent thread of shared context, and OpenAI noted that this shared context does not expose private chats — a distinction that addresses a common enterprise concern around shared AI workspaces.

Persistent agents expand the scope

The introduction of “dots” — persistent personal and team agents — adds another dimension. Unlike one-shot assistants that disappear once a conversation ends, dots stick around, accumulate context over time, and can be assigned ongoing responsibilities within the workspace.

OpenAI has also signaled that collaborative slides and spreadsheets are on the roadmap. If those features materialize, the company would be offering a near-complete alternative to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, with native AI capabilities that competitors are still bolting on after the fact — Microsoft through its 365 Copilot add-ons and Google through Gemini features layered into Workspace.

Enterprise focus

The decision to gate full functionality behind the Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers indicates that OpenAI is prioritizing revenue-generating power users and organizations over the free tier. For companies already paying for ChatGPT's premium plans, Space adds meaningful value without an additional line item.

Initial reactions from DevDay attendees suggested that Space generated less immediate excitement than the “dots” announcement. Persistent AI agents with memories and ongoing task capabilities carry a sci-fi appeal that a document workspace does not.

As the rollout progresses, two concrete items to watch are whether editing capabilities extend to mobile beyond the current read-and-share access, and how quickly the promised collaborative slides and spreadsheets arrive.

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