OPENAIINTELLIGENCE STACK · MODELS, PRODUCTS & DISTRIBUTION
OpenAI · The Intelligence Layer
Model capability must become durable use and unit economics through products, developer interfaces and distribution.
INTELLIGENCE STACK
Turn capability into products and distribution
Models, user products and platform interfaces each carry a different commercialization task.
- Stage 1
Frontier Models
Reasoning, multimodality and the capability frontier.
- Stage 2
ChatGPT & Codex
Entry points for conversation, knowledge work and software agents.
- Stage 3
API & Agents
Responses API, tools, evaluations and developer distribution.
Product matrix2
Public articles
Sources
- OpenAI · Accelerating the next phase of AI2026-03-31
- OpenAI · Confidential S-12026-06-08
- OpenAI · Scaling AI for everyone2026-02-27
- OpenAI · Our structure2025-10-28
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