Overview
- OpenAI said it acquired Software Applications Inc., maker of the unreleased Mac assistant Sky, and will hire its roughly 12-person team.
- Sky can read on‑screen context and execute tasks across macOS apps via natural‑language prompts, operating as a floating desktop overlay.
- OpenAI plans to fold Sky’s deep macOS integration into ChatGPT to enable app actions, with financial terms and a public rollout date undisclosed.
- The deal was led by ChatGPT head Nick Turley and applications chief Fidji Simo, received independent board approval, and followed disclosure of Sam Altman’s passive seed investment.
- The move complements this week’s launch of the ChatGPT Atlas Mac browser and advances OpenAI’s desktop push, with privacy and permissioning details yet to be explained.