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- OpenAI acquired Software Applications Incorporated.
- The company is behind Sky, an AI-powered interface for Mac.
- OpenAI aims to integrate Sky’s MacOS features into ChatGPT.
OpenAI recently added to its series of acquisitions with Software Applications Incorporated (SAI). The company, founded by former Apple employees, is best known for creating the Sky application – which, when paired with ChatGPT, has the ability to make your interactions with AI on Mac more intuitive.
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Sky, which just launched earlier this year, is an AI-powered interface for MacOS that enables users to access what they need using natural language or conversational requests, eliminating the need for manual clicks. Since Sky can understand what you’re looking at on your screen and take actions in apps on your behalf, when paired with ChatGPT, it should unlock new agentic experiences in more applications.
“We’re building a future where ChatGPT won’t just respond to your prompts, it’ll help you get things done,” said Nick Turley, VP and head of ChatGPT. in the announcement“Sky’s deep integration with Mac accelerates our vision of bringing AI directly into the tools people use every day.”
However, Bloomberg did not provide exact details of how much the acquisition cost. informed As part of the acquisition, OpenAI will bring SAI’s team of a dozen people. This follows a series of acquisitions made by OpenAI in 2025, including Context.ai, Statsig, and, most notably, iO, Jony Ive’s AI device startup.
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Sky’s acquisition reflects a broader industry trend toward creating more seamless interactions between users and the devices they use on a daily basis. For example, the release of agentic AI browsers is becoming increasingly prevalent, with tools like Perplexity’s Comet seamlessly incorporating AI into the entire search journey.
Earlier this week, OpenAI released ChatGPT Atlas, the company’s first AI browser. The biggest advantage is that it integrates ChatGPT’s help into every search and tab you make, helping you avoid annoying context switching.
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Of course, Apple has leaned toward AI with its updated Shortcuts experience, which leans into the Apple Intelligence Model, either on the device or in the private cloud compute within your Shortcuts, and unlocks a more advanced set of capabilities.
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For example, you can set up a shortcut that moves all the files you’ve added to your Home screen and then uses Apple Intelligence to sort them into folders for you. This highlights how AI can help you interact with your device more intuitively, which is what Sky on Mac was designed to do.
