What is ChatGPT?
What really is there to say? ChatGPT was the fastest-growing consumer app in history when it launched. It reached 1 million users in about 5 days after launch and 100 million users in about 2 months after launch.
OpenAI is general artificial intelligence. You can ask it questions, and it'll answer them, like a human. You can ask it to write code for you, and it'll build it, all while explaining the why and how.
It's the one tool I'd recommend to basically anyone. My mom uses it. My hairdresser uses it. We use it for work. If you're only going to have one AI tool, it probably should be this one.
What makes it stick is the memory. It learns who you are over time, and that's what makes it feel less like a tool and more like a thought partner. Alex and I both run two subscriptions each, one personal and one for work, because once you start building that memory, you don't want it mixed.
Engineering friends of mine are worried that it'll replace their job, and yet they are using it to become a better engineer (using it to teach them different coding languages).
The craziest thing of it all, anyone can use it, and you don't even need to be technical to use it. Just visit ChatGPT here and start asking it questions. You'll be amazed by what it can do. If you're more technical, then be sure to check out the actual API and see where you can fit it into what you're building (I mean everyone else is).
Everyone is trying to build a OpenAI (ChatGPT) into their product right now. It's the closest thing we've seen to magic in an incredibly long time.
If you're using it and hitting limits, it's worth upgrading. AI is probably the cheapest it'll ever be right now. We also have a deal on our site where you can grab a free seat.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Memory makes every conversation smarter over time
- Works across text, voice, video, files, and code all in one place
- Reliable cross-device experience
- Projects keep recurring work organized without re-explaining yourself every time
- Deep Research mode is genuinely useful for complex decisions
Cons
- Can be too agreeable if you don't push it, you have to ask for blindspots
- Projects still feel more manual than they should
- Agent features are useful but not meaningfully ahead of more specialized tools
Key Features
Memory
My personal ChatGPT knows my health goals, the books I've read, my skin routine, and even my clothing measurements. My work one knows our systems, our tone of voice, team members, and the way we think about software.
Out of everything I've tested, ChatGPT has consistently been the best at memory and remembering context, and honestly that's what makes it so good.
I use it with ChatGPT Atlas as my main browser, and having an AI with full context on your business sitting right beside you at all times is just incredibly helpful. It already knows what I'm working on, how I think, etc.
I've tried Claude's AI Assistant Chrome extension as an alternative, and it wasn't even close. The issue is it has no memory at all, it doesn't even save your conversations. So every time you open it, you're starting from zero. Going back to something that forgets you the moment you close it feels unreasonable to use.
Multimodal Assistance
This is an area where ChatGPT separates itself most. You can throw it a voice note, point a camera at a broken appliance, upload a messy transcript, or paste in a spreadsheet and it handles all of it without you having to switch tools or context.
I use voice and video mode all the time for random real-life problems. It's the only AI I reliably use for that.
Workspace Layer
Projects are where ChatGPT starts feeling more like a proper work environment.
We use them for writing, product, engineering, anything where the same context needs to show up repeatedly. It keeps a specific point of view so you're not feeding it background every single time. That said, it still asks you to organize more manually than I'd like. Linking conversations to projects, adding skills to specific projects, it works, but it's a bit more friction than it should be. Heading in the right direction, just not fully there yet.
Pricing
- Free: Best for individuals, students, or curious first-time users who just want to understand why everyone talks about ChatGPT.
- Codex: Usage-based pricing with no fixed seat fee. Best for engineering teams or technical operators who want AI deeply integrated into software workflows.
- Business + Codex: $20/user/mo billed annually ($25/user/mo monthly). Best for startups, agencies, and growing teams that want ChatGPT as a shared workspace instead of just an individual tool.
- Enterprise: Custom pricing. Best for larger organizations dealing with sensitive internal data, strict IT requirements, and hundreds of employees.
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