Research
Notes from the foothills of the singularity.
“Welcome to the AGI era.”
Greg Brockman · September 3, 2026
Press briefing, reported by Axios
Orion V4: A New Voice. More Ways to Create.
Meet the new Voice Mode and voices, explore an improved design, tool use and a local agentic harness, and try XUltra reasoning. Orion Lite also brings Intelligent Notes to devices that cannot run the full model.
Orion V3: A New Design. A New Foundation.
Orion 3 is here: compare V2 and V3 side by side, explore the redesigned interface, and meet the Qwen 3.5-based model powering private, on-device conversations.
Toward V4: Our Own Foundation Models
We are working on our own GPT-style foundation models, pretrained from scratch, for Orion V4. A look at the research direction beyond V3’s Qwen-based model.
Orion 2.5: Three Ways to Make It Yours
A recap of Orion 2.5: monthly, annual, and lifetime Orion+ options, with clearer plan comparisons and savings shown before you choose.
V2 Shipped: Orion Agent & AI Roleplay
Orion V2 is live across two updates. Orion 2.0 introduces Orion Agent — with an effort slider, visible thoughts, and richly formatted answers — plus AI Roleplay with custom characters. Orion 2.1 adds Orion Lite and Memory & Stage, all entirely on-device.
v1.5 Shipped & Orion Agent
Orion v1.5 is live with UI improvements, smoother loading, faster TTS, and soft safety guardrails. We are also initiating development of V2 — introducing Orion Agent and an AI OS experience, locally on-device.
Orion Official Launch
Apple accepted Orion, and the app officially launched on the App Store with Dolphin 3.0, Kokoro TTS, widgets, iOS Shortcuts actions, Write for Me, Intelligent Notes, personal memory, and more.