OpenAI Dots

OpenAI Dots

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About

OpenAI Dots are always-on AI agents designed to take ownership of ongoing projects and proactively move work forward between conversations. Powered by GPT-6 Astra, each dot can start with context from a user's ChatGPT memory and use Codex, connected applications, and its own cloud computer to complete tasks. Users can assign a dot a responsibility, specify what it should focus on, and determine which applications and information it can access. Dots can identify next steps, monitor changing information, perform work, and bring completed materials or important decisions back to the user for review. They can support workflows such as financial analysis, presentations, sales evaluations, software development, API migrations, content creation, and project monitoring. Users remain in control through configurable permissions, Custom Rules, approval requirements, action reviews, and the ability to redirect or pause a dot at any time.

About

Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness built to adapt to developer workflows instead of forcing developers to adapt to it. It ships with powerful defaults, but stays intentionally small and aggressively extensible, letting users customize Pi with extensions, skills, prompt templates, themes, and shareable packages from npm or git. If a team needs a command, tool, provider, workflow, or UI tweak, they can ask Pi to build it, manipulate it in place, reload, and keep going. Pi supports interactive, print/JSON, RPC, and SDK modes, making it usable as a full terminal UI, a scriptable command, a JSON event stream, or an embeddable agent harness. It works with 15+ providers and hundreds of models, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, Bedrock, Mistral, Groq, Cerebras, xAI, Hugging Face, Kimi For Coding, MiniMax, OpenRouter, Ollama, and more, with mid-session model switching.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Professionals, developers, engineers, finance teams, sales leaders, content creators, and organizations that want persistent AI agents to proactively manage projects, automate workflows, monitor changing information, and complete multi-step work under user-defined permissions and oversight

Audience

Developers and AI tool builders who want a minimal, extensible terminal coding agent they can customize, script, embed, and adapt to their own workflows

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$20/month
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • What I like most is that it feels less like “using AI” and more like delegating work. I can give a Dot an ongoing objective, let it work across apps and the web, and have it come back when it needs input instead of babysitting every step. The always-on part is the biggest difference. Recurring research, follow-ups, monitoring, admin work, and multi-step workflows make a lot more sense when the agent can keep working after I leave the chat. I also like that each Dot gets its own cloud computer and browser. That gives it a much more complete working environment than a normal chatbot, especially when a task involves websites, files, tools, and multiple systems.

Cons

  • The downside is that something this capable needs careful permissions. I would be conservative about local computer access, sensitive accounts, external messages, and anything destructive until I was comfortable with the rules and approval flow.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Pi Agent looks really appealing from a developer’s point of view because it is simple, open-source, and focused on the actual mechanics of building coding agents. It is not trying to be a giant all-in-one platform. It gives you the core pieces: a unified LLM API, an agent loop, a terminal UI, and a coding-agent CLI. I especially like the context-engineering approach. Being able to control project instructions with AGENTS.md, customize the system prompt with SYSTEM.md, and manage long sessions through compaction makes Pi feel built for developers who actually understand how fragile agent context can be. The open-source MIT license is a big plus too. If I am building serious agent workflows, I want to inspect the harness, modify it, swap models, and understand what is happening under the hood instead of being locked into a black-box coding assistant.

Cons

  • Pi Agent is probably not the best fit for someone who wants a polished, fully managed AI coding product out of the box. It feels more like a toolkit for developers who are comfortable configuring their own workflows, choosing models, and tuning the agent behavior. I would also want to test reliability carefully before using it on production repos. Coding agents can make impressive changes, but they can also get stuck, over-edit files, miss project conventions, or make subtle mistakes if the context and guardrails are not set up well. The simplicity is a strength, but it also means you may need to bring more of your own infrastructure, evals, permissions, and safety controls.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

OpenAI
Founded: 2015
United States
openai.com

Company Information

Pi
United States
pi.dev/

Alternatives

Perplexity Computer

Perplexity Computer

Perplexity AI

Alternatives

Amp

Amp

Amp Code
Claude Code

Claude Code

Anthropic
Claude Code

Claude Code

Anthropic
Viktor

Viktor

Viktor.com
Grok Bot

Grok Bot

SpaceXAI
Cline

Cline

Cline AI Coding Agent
Luffy

Luffy

Zonko Labs

Categories

AI Agents Supported

Categories

Integrations

GPT-5.6 Luna Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Supported
GPT-5.6 Terra Supported
GPT-6 Astra Supported
GPT-6 Luna Supported
GPT-6 Sol Supported
GPT-6.1 Sol Supported
Holo4 Supported
OpenAI Supported
OpenAI Bel Supported
Cerebras Not Supported
ChatGPT Supported
GPT-5.4 Pro Not Supported
Kimi Not Supported
Kimi K2.5 Not Supported
MemPalace Not Supported
Ollama Not Supported
OpenViking Not Supported
Superwhisper Not Supported

Integrations

GPT-5.6 Luna Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Supported
GPT-5.6 Terra Supported
GPT-6 Astra Supported
GPT-6 Luna Supported
GPT-6 Sol Supported
GPT-6.1 Sol Supported
Holo4 Supported
OpenAI Supported
OpenAI Bel Supported
Cerebras Supported
ChatGPT Not Supported
GPT-5.4 Pro Supported
Kimi Supported
Kimi K2.5 Supported
MemPalace Supported
Ollama Supported
OpenViking Supported
Superwhisper Supported
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