OpenAI teases Dots for Europe, but its Berlin DevDay was really about building a platform

At DevDay Exchange 2026 in Berlin, OpenAI said the Dots assistant should reach Europe more widely "in a few weeks" after regulator talks, while personal Pro accounts in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK remain locked out. OpenAI said weekly active Codex users in Germany grew twentyfold since January 2026 without giving absolute numbers, and that nearly one in five desktop users use skills for documents, presentations or spreadsheets. The event also showed OpenAI's push to lock developers into its ecosystem through the Agents API, plugins and web apps, with access to what it says are 1.2 billion weekly ChatGPT users.