OpenAI is preparing to release an AI‑powered web browser in the coming weeks, aiming to take on Google Chrome – currently the world’s most-used browser with around a 68% global market share.
Built on Chromium, the same open-source foundation as Chrome and Edge, this new browser will deeply integrate ChatGPT and OpenAI’s Operator agent. This means tasks like form-filling, booking reservations, and summarising content could happen directly in the browser, all via conversational prompts.
By running its own browser, OpenAI gains direct access to browsing data – something currently monopolised by Google through Chrome – potentially disrupting its lucrative advertising model.
This move aligns with OpenAI’s broader strategy to embed its AI services – chatbots, agents, devices – across daily digital life. The browser would serve as another home for its ecosystem, alongside ChatGPT and its new hardware moves.
However, it won’t be easy. Chrome currently holds more than two-thirds of browser users globally, with Safari in second place (around 16%). Competition is already heating up—Perplexity’s Comet and other AI‑based browsers from Brave and The Browser Company are emerging.
Privacy concerns will also come under scrutiny. With integrated AI and access to browsing habits, users may worry about how their data is being used and stored.
If even a fraction of ChatGPT’s ~400–500 million weekly active users opt in, OpenAI could significantly dent Google’s browser dominance – and trigger a shift in the digital ecosystem.
For now, the exact launch timing, feature set, and rollout plans remain unconfirmed, but it’s one of the most bold and high-stakes moves in Silicon Valley this year.
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