OpenAI acquires Sky, an on-desktop AI layer
OpenAI has bought Software Applications Incorporated, the team behind Sky, a context‑aware AI interface for macOS, and has said it will bring Sky’s deep desktop integration into ChatGPT, with the full team joining the company.
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated (SAI), the company behind Sky, a context‑aware natural language interface for macOS, as part of a push to bring deeper desktop integration to ChatGPT.
Sky is an on‑desktop AI layer that “floats” over the macOS interface, combining screen awareness with the ability to act in apps. It is designed to understand what is on a user’s screen and to take actions across installed apps, assisting with writing, planning, coding and day‑to‑day tasks.
OpenAI has said it will bring Sky’s deep macOS integration and product craft into ChatGPT, and that the entire Sky team will join the company.
Although Sky has not been publicly released, OpenAI has positioned it as a foundation for more capable, context‑aware assistance within ChatGPT on the Mac.
Who is behind Sky?
SAI’s leadership includes co‑founders Ari Weinstein (CEO) and Conrad Kramer, known for creating Workflow, the automation app Apple acquired in 2017 that evolved into Shortcuts. Several former Apple staff who worked on Shortcuts have been part of the Sky team and have now moved to OpenAI.
OpenAI described the acquisition as an investment in interfaces that “understand context” and “adapt to your intent.” The company has said Sky’s technology will accelerate its goal of making ChatGPT more helpful by getting things done on users’ behalf on the desktop.
OpenAI disclosed that an investment fund associated with CEO Sam Altman now holds a passive investment in SAI.
The deal arrived two days after OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a new browser with an integrated “agent mode” that can perform tasks in the page context. Atlas launched on macOS, with Windows, iOS and Android to follow, underscoring OpenAI’s effort to embed assistance where people already work.
What OpenAI has said comes next
OpenAI has said it will integrate Sky’s capabilities into ChatGPT. It has not announced a public release of Sky itself, nor has it provided timing for specific macOS features beyond the pledge to bring Sky’s integration into its products.
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