OpenAI's dots are AI coworkers built into ChatGPT. Each dot has its own cloud computer, connects to thousands of apps and keeps working in the background.
OpenBot gives your company self-hosted AI coworkers that run on your own servers. Your teams reach them in Slack, Microsoft Teams, the OpenBot app and they connect to the tools you already use.
OpenBot is fully customizable and works with any agent harness and any model. It keeps learning from how your teams work, and with OpenBot for Business, our engineers set it up under your brand, with company sign-in, central controls, dedicated support and more.
For a business, the difference comes down to who the AI coworkers belong to, where they run, which agents and models power them, and which tools they connect to.
At DevDay, OpenAI introduced dots: always-on AI coworkers that get their own cloud computer and keep working after you close the chat. Each dot has a browser you can watch and take over, and it connects to over 4,000 apps through OpenAI's plugins. You can reach a dot in ChatGPT, Slack, Microsoft Teams or on a voice call.
Dots come with Pro and Business Premium plans, and Enterprise workspaces can turn on a beta. Today, each dot belongs to one user. OpenAI is also piloting specialist dots that companies set up with their own identity and access.
Over the past few months, we open-sourced our own versions of the big AI coworker products, including OpenDots for dots. OpenBot for Business turns that core into one business-ready product for companies that want AI coworkers on their own terms.
Your teams share AI coworkers that use your apps, finish real work and get better the more they're used. Each coworker can get its own computer and follows the rules your IT team writes.
Our forward deployed engineers:
Both give your team AI coworkers with a computer of their own that finish work in the background. The differences show up in who owns them, where they run and how much of the stack you control.
SKILL.md file you can download with the CLIDots keep memories, though you can't open or edit them. In OpenBot, everything a coworker learns is visible and reviewable.
With User Memories, each coworker keeps your people's preferences and project context across conversations, for one user or shared across a project. Your team can list, update or remove any memory.
With the OpenBot Recorder, your team can show a coworker a task once in the browser, and OpenBot learns and repeats it. Admins manage learning centrally, and each coworker learns in its own container.
With Automatic Learning in CopilotKit Intelligence, OpenBot also reads your coworkers' finished threads, finds the patterns and proposes each insight as a skill. Every skill is a SKILL.md your team reviews, and it reaches your coworkers only after a person approves it.
Dots fit teams already on ChatGPT who want always-on agents with OpenAI's models and apps.
OpenBot fits companies that:
1. What's the difference between OpenBot and OpenAI dots?
Each dot runs on an OpenAI cloud computer and belongs to one user. OpenBot runs on your own servers, gives teams shared AI coworkers, and lets you choose the agents and models behind them.
2. Can OpenBot be self-hosted?
Yes. OpenBot runs on a single machine with Docker, or on Kubernetes with Helm on EKS, AKS, GKE or your own cluster. Each dot works on its own OpenAI cloud computer.
3. Is there an open source version of dots?
Yes. OpenDots is CopilotKit's open-source version of dots, a template developers build on. OpenBot for Business is the version companies run, with setup on your servers, your branding and support from our engineers.
4. Can a whole team share an OpenBot coworker?
Yes. OpenBot's AI coworkers belong to the company, so a team can share one in the OpenBot app, Slack or Microsoft Teams. Today, each dot in ChatGPT belongs to one user.
5. Can admins see what OpenBot has learned?
Yes. Every learned skill is a SKILL.md your team reviews and approves before any coworker uses it. With dots, you can't view or edit individual dot memories.
6. How do I get OpenBot?
OpenBot is free and open source on GitHub. OpenBot for Business is in early access. Book a demo at openbot.co/enterprise and our engineers will build your first AI coworker with you.
OpenBot brings self-hosted AI coworkers to every team, on your servers and under your rules. To see everything it can do, refer to the OpenBot for Business page.
To learn more:
Read more of our comparison blogs on OpenBot and other AI coworker products:
If you want to see OpenBot for Business in action, we suggest booking a demo. Our engineering team will build your first AI coworker with you and provide dedicated support as your team grows.
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