OpenAI launches ChatGPT Wallet so dots can pay for purchases without seeing card numbers
ChatGPT Wallet, built with American Express, Mastercard and Visa, uses network payment tokens and a security check on every purchase. It starts with US Pro subscribers using dots.
OpenAI has started letting its dots agents pay for things. OpenAI president Greg Brockman posted on X on Friday that users can now “make secure purchases with your dot, in partnership with American Express, Mastercard, and Visa”, quoting the ChatGPT account’s launch post.
The product is called ChatGPT Wallet. In its announcement, OpenAI says it is the first wallet that lets agents pay without access to a user’s actual card details and that requires a security check for every purchase.
How a purchase works
A user adds a card once. Before each purchase, OpenAI says, the user reviews the items, the total and the chosen card, then approves it with a check such as Face ID or a fingerprint. The payment network then issues a payment token, a substitute card number, security code and expiry date, so the business and the agent never see the real card. OpenAI says users keep their card’s existing rewards and protections for eligible disputes, and that businesses keep control of pricing, fulfilment, returns and customer service.
OpenAI also says it expects, over time, to let users set limits such as spending caps, purchase categories or time periods and pre-approve purchases within them. That is a stated plan, not a feature in this launch.
Who can use it
The rollout starts in dots for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the US who are 18 or older and have eligible US-issued cards, according to OpenAI. The independent AI Compass daily digest reported the same limits and described the tokens as single-use.
What businesses are being asked to do
Alongside the launch, OpenAI published a Commerce Partner Playbook. It asks sites to check that firewalls and CDNs are not blocking ChatGPT agents, which sign their requests with Web Bot Auth, and to work with payment and risk providers so legitimate agent purchases are not declined. OpenAI names Forter, Riskified, Sardine and Signifyd among risk-screening partners and Adyen, Checkout.com and Stripe among payment providers it is working with.
Our read
Analysis: the design leans on the card networks’ existing token systems rather than a new payment rail, which should make it easier for merchants to accept. The open question is how often risk systems will still flag agent checkouts; OpenAI itself says some sites may block these purchases for now.
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