- What's Appening
- Posts
- Dev Yay! 🏗️🤖
Dev Yay! 🏗️🤖
What’s Appening: ChatGPT Apps, Vision Pro, Sora U-Turn, Peloton AI
Newsletter
October 07, 2025
OPENAI LAYS DOWN THE CHALLENGE
👀 TLDR
In this week’s What’s Appening, we cover OpenAI’s Dev Day 2025, where it showcased apps from Spotify, Canva, and others integrated inside ChatGPT. What’s more, OpenAI will be opening its SDK to allow anyone to start building their own ChatGPT apps. A big challenge to the gatekeeping of Apple and Google? We also have news on the scaling back of Vision Pro development, Sora’s U-turn on copyright, a plea from Robin Williams’ daughter, Peloton’s AI personal trainer, and more!
🎬 Our Top Take
📱📵 OpenAI – Apps in ChatGPT Announced at Dev Day 2025
Just a few days ago, OpenAI hit a $500 billion valuation, making it officially the world’s most valuable startup, overtaking SpaceX, which we are sure Elon Musk is delighted about. At Dev Day 2025, we got an insight into how OpenAI intends to justify that valuation beyond merely selling ChatGPT subscriptions. The company announced “apps inside of ChatGPT,” with some selected partners – Booking.com, Canva, Spotify, and others – already live. It works like this: Say, you are chatting with ChatGPT – telling it about your love of 70s punk music, New York counter-culture, etc. – you can ask it to “call” up Spotify and generate a punk music playlist within the app. The playlist would be built using the context of your conversation. For now, that playlist plays in Spotify, not ChatGPT, but the significance of this move can’t be overstated: It’s laying the groundwork for an AI-native app ecosystem, one where users don’t download or open apps; they simply talk to ChatGPT. OpenAI also announced that it would release an SDK (developer toolkit) to enable the wider development of apps within ChatGPT beyond the selected partners. The rollout will take a little longer, but its importance should not be lost on anyone, either, as it presents a challenge to Apple and Google’s app store hegemony. For example, developers can theoretically build an app, deploy inside ChatGPT, and potentially reach hundreds of millions of users without bending the knee to Apple (and its infamous fees). We will, of course, have to see how this plays out, but this was a big statement from OpenAI, one that could get even more influential as it finalizes its checkout and payment systems in the coming months. #DevDay Read more here.
🗣️ Poll: OpenAI As an Internet “Gatekeeper”? |
📲 App of the Week: Idyoma: Language Exchange
In this age of AI, is there still room for apps built on fully human connections and learning patterns? We’d like to think so. Idyoma is an example of that. It’s got a simple premise: Connect with people to have conversations to learn languages. You will speak to someone who is fluent in the language they wish to learn, and you’ll be fluent in the language you want to learn. You can even create group chats. Idyoma proudly declares it “will always be free,” but we should advise you that in-app purchases and premium features are pushed. Check out Idyoma for iOS here and Android here.
🧐 Stat of the Week: 6GW
📈📉 AMD – Chip Company Signs Billion-Dollar Deal with OpenAI
Our minds have boggled at the intertwined deals between AI-centered tech companies of late. Fresh off OpenAI’s $100 billion deal with Nvidia, another one comes from AMD, this time providing 6GW in compute for “billions.” For context, 6GW could power around 4.5 million homes. As part of the deal, OpenAI will receive the right to buy 10% of AMD stock for a penny per share. Going by AMD’s stock price, investors seem to love these OpenAI deals. #OpenDeals Read more here.
🗞️ Other Stories
👩🏽🔬 No Vision. More evidence that Apple is scaling back interest in the Vision Pro, with reports suggesting that it will prioritize the development of smartglasses. An expensive error? More here. 🚴🏽 Peloton Revamp. Peloton, one of the famous ‘losers’ in a post-pandemic world, is making a big bet on an AI tool that will act like your own personal trainer. Revived fortunes? Story is here. | 😢 Please Don’t. Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. Robin Williams’ daughter has begged fans of the late comedian to stop sending her AI-generated tributes of her dad. More here. ™️ U-Turn. As we predicted last week, copyright holders were never going to sit back and watch Sora use their IP. OpenAI has now changed its policy, promising to work with IP holders. More here. |
📍 Meanwhile at 3Advance
We’ve been working with the team behind Plyomat, a Bluetooth-enabled system that helps athletes and coaches measure jump performance with serious precision. Pretty cool, right? Using a physical mat and a companion mobile app, Plyomat instantly tracks metrics like jump height, ground contact time, and reactive strength index, all from the gym floor. A couple of weeks ago, we helped roll out an update to the Plyomat mobile app, focusing on improving stability and setting up for what’s next. It’s been a treat to collaborate with their team on something that makes performance data more accessible (and a lot more fun) for athletes and coaches alike.
What’s Appening is brought to you by 3Advance, your AI-driven product development team that speaks your language, too. If you’re not into it, simply opt-out below. If you think a friend might be interested, please forward it along 🙏.
You made it to the end of this email 🥳How did you like "What's Appening" this week? |