Sam Altman: His Always-On Agent Dot Reclaimed His Mornings, and He Only Prompts on Ultrafast
every · x · 2026-10-03
- On the debut episode of The Every Podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Dan Shipper the company shipped 22 products and features at DevDay—more than double last year—and hints "just wait for next year."
- He uses OpenAI's new always-on agent Dot ("Dotty") to triage morning fires, alerting him only when urgent, which he says has meaningfully restored his early-morning creative time.
- He does all his prompting on Ultrafast: the shorter feedback loop lets him iterate rapidly between idea, response, and next step.
- He also discusses how he builds new features and believes AI will spark a new Renaissance.
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