OpenAI just teased its DevDay 2026 reveal today, September 29, and it's not the "Get ready" video anymore, it's the name "Dots." Here's what you need to know.
OpenAI's teaser video, a 12-second clip of colorful character shapes posted to X, has now pulled in 14.1M views. Leak trackers, including Chris (
@ChrisGPT), M1 (
@M1Astra), and TestingCatalog, say the always-on assistant shown at DevDay in San Francisco will officially be called "Dots," OpenAI's rival to Grok's Bot and Meta's Muse.
According to the leaks, each dot gets its own custom 3D character that you design yourself. You can reach your dot by text, call, Slack, or email, and it can pause and resume work, tell you when research is ready, and buy things for you with your approval. A separate leak claims your Mac can act as an executor for cloud agents, reporting up to a system nicknamed "Aeon."
Some commentators, including DogeDesigner, accused OpenAI of copying Grok's Bot character design, while others like Alex Socoloff noted how hard anthropomorphic brand characters are to pull off well.
Key numbers:
- 14.1M views on the "Get ready" teaser video
- 0:12 length of the teaser clip
- 20+ products rumored for today's DevDay lineup
DevDay 2026 is running now at Fort Mason in San Francisco, with Sam Altman's keynote already underway.