🪦 Dead
ChatGPT Plugins
Feature removed · Product Evolution · shut down April 9, 2024
- Born
- Died
- Lifespan
- 1y
- Cause of death
- Product Evolution
- Killed by
- OpenAI
- Type
- Service
OpenAI's first attempt at an AI app ecosystem. Plugins let ChatGPT browse the web, run code, and connect to third-party services like Expedia and Zapier. Killed in favor of the more controlled GPTs and the custom GPT Store.
Collateral damage: Developers who built and monetized plugins lost their distribution channel. User workflows built around specific plugins broke.