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OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents that keep working after the chat ends

September 29, 2026 at 16:20 EDT

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OpenAI on Tuesday introduced Dots, always-on agents built to keep pursuing a user's goals after the chat window closes, and used the same developer event to add a $500-a-month ChatGPT Pro tier. Announced at DevDay 2026 in San Francisco, each Dot runs on GPT-6 Astra, the company's flagship model, and is given its own cloud computer and browser.

Sept. 29, 2026 · OpenAI

Dots keep working after the chat closes

Always-on agents on GPT-6 Astra get their own cloud computer. The first Dot is included for eligible Pro and Business Premium users, not for Free or Plus.

CODEX SPEED

Ultrafast versus standard Astra

Same measure: token-generation speed in Codex. API speed, up to 6×, is a different figure and is not on this scale.

1×

Standard

8×

Ultrafast in Codex

Takeaway: Codex can generate tokens up to eight times faster on Ultrafast, a rate reported as about 300 tokens a second, and only the $500 Pro tier includes that mode among personal Pro plans.

WHAT PRO COSTS

One block equals $100 a month

Three personal Pro plans. Column height is the monthly price.

$100

Pro 100
No Ultrafast

$200

Pro 200
No Ultrafast

$500

Pro 500
Ultrafast included

$200 PLAN VERSUS PLUS

Included usage, before and after

Each block is one multiple of the $20 Plus allowance. Eligible subscribers keep the old level through Oct. 29, 2026.

20×

10×

New allowance

Takeaway: The $200 plan's included usage is cut in half relative to Plus, and its weekly GPT-6 Pro messages fall from 200 to 100.

4,000+

Apps a Dot can connect through plugins

24/7

OpenAI's claim for goal pursuit on the cloud computer

1st free

First Dot included on eligible Pro and Business Premium

WHERE IT HELPS

Returns finished pieces for review: pull requests, revised launch drafts, updated proposals, and an invoice an early tester still had to approve.

Learns preferences over time and can watch connected apps without a new prompt.

WHERE IT STOPS

Background research is read-only. Password changes stay human. Dots can still be wrong, and a connected agent can touch real work tools.

Consumer Pro skips the UK, Switzerland, and the EEA. Free and Plus are left out of the first wave.

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