OpenAI has launched Dots, a new AI agent platform, to compete with Meta's Muse. Dots is a premium product, available only on OpenAI's $20/month Pro plan, and lacks the free access of Muse.
Dots is a personalizable AI agent inspired by movie characters, with a focus on building metaverse-like virtual worlds.
Dots is restricted to OpenAI's Pro plan, unlike Meta's Muse which is free.
OpenAI aims to raise $30 billion in funding at a $1.4 trillion valuation.
Dots is designed to handle long-horizon and knowledge-work tasks, setting it apart from other AI agents.
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A pop-up shop for "dots," a personal assistant agent at OpenAI DevDay 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) | Getty Images
At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals - primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a "real-deal AI" agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, "inspired by the cool agents that we all watched in movies growing up." Similar to Muse, Dots aims for disarming cuteness, taking the form of colorful, personalizable blobs with eyes. OpenAI fired shots at Meta by demonstrating Dots' ability to not just act as helpful assistants but build metaverse-esque virtual worlds. But in one key area, Dots strikingly fa …
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