OpenAI has announced that its AI assistant Dots is expected to roll out more widely in Europe within a few weeks following discussions with regulators. During the DevDay Exchange 2026 event in Berlin, the company also reported that weekly active Codex users in Germany have grown twentyfold since January 2026. Management addressed product priorities during a Q&A session, explaining that high resource costs and weak customer demand led to the shutdown of the Sora video generator and the absence of a video-input model.
The event highlighted OpenAI's broader strategy to lock developers and businesses into its ecosystem through infrastructure offerings like the Agents API and access to 1.2 billion weekly ChatGPT users. While the company keeps the Codex Harness runtime open source, its managed services and platform-specific integrations encourage developers to build their businesses directly on OpenAI infrastructure. Meanwhile, coding tools and office-focused skills continue to take priority over resource-intensive features like video generation.
Why it matters: OpenAI is shifting its focus from standalone models to a comprehensive developer platform that binds businesses tightly to its infrastructure.