OpenAI introduces Operator, a computer-use agent
A hosted agent that uses a browser is adjacent to, not the same as, a 402 client.
company
OpenAI
Publisher of Operator, the Agents SDK, and Instant Checkout / ACP with Stripe.
Machine: /v1/intelligence/entity/openai · Graph: /v1/graph/entities/openai
Graph relationships
- evt-acp-docs-home
- evt-acp-docs-sellers
- evt-coinbase-agentkit-openai-agents-2025-03-11
- evt-openai-agents-sdk-2025-03-11
- evt-openai-instant-checkout-2025-09-29
- evt-openai-operator-2025-01-23
- evt-stripe-openai-acp-2025-09-29
- evt-visa-intelligent-commerce-2025-04-30
- acp
Timeline
OpenAI ships the Agents SDK, Responses API and computer-use tools
A production orchestration kit replaced the experimental Swarm project.
Coinbase AgentKit adds launch-day support for OpenAI’s Agents SDK
Wallet actions and agent orchestration were joined on the same calendar day.
Visa Intelligent Commerce opens the card network to AI agents
Tokenized credentials, spend controls and partner APIs for agent-initiated purchases.
Stripe and OpenAI release the Agentic Commerce Protocol with Instant Checkout
A checkout-session protocol for agents, distinct from x402’s HTTP 402 challenge.
OpenAI opens Instant Checkout and publishes ACP as an open standard
ChatGPT becomes a commerce client. Merchants keep their processor.
ACP docs define merchant checkout-session REST endpoints
Five HTTPS JSON endpoints, not an HTTP 402 challenge.
ACP documentation home states the job to be done: programmatic checkout
Agents render checkout state; sellers keep processors. Not HTTP 402.