OpenAI's Embiricos to talk Dots at Disrupt 2026

OpenAI describes Dots as a bet on what comes after the chatbot, and the details it offers point to how far that shift goes: Dots have their own cloud computers, connect to the apps people use daily, and can keep working toward a goal in the background. The company says this could give AI far greater access to our work and digital lives — a framing that puts the product's reach, not its prompts, at the center.

That reach is why the conversation around Dots turns on harder questions rather than features. The session framed for TechCrunch Disrupt asks how much control people are actually willing to hand over to an agent, what it should be allowed to do without asking, and whether companies like OpenAI can earn enough trust as these systems learn more about us and reach increasingly sensitive information. Privacy and trust, in that framing, are what could ultimately decide whether personal agents take off.

Embiricos' appearance comes just days after the launch and at the AI Stage of Disrupt, October 13-15 at Moscone West, as part of a program with 250+ tech leaders across 200+ sessions. What the discussion is likely to hinge on is whether OpenAI can show that autonomy and access can be paired with enough user control to be trusted — a test aimed at the product teams and users weighing whether to let an agent act on their behalf.