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# OpenAI’s search product, reported in May and shipped as SearchGPT — confirmed

Reported on May 7, 2024; OpenAI announced the SearchGPT prototype on July 25.

Leaked on 07 May 2024

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On May 7, 2024, @unusual\_whales posted that OpenAI was working on a search product to compete with Google, citing [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/openai-is-readying-an-ai-search-product-to-rival-google-perplexity).

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
>
> BREAKING: OpenAI is working on a search product that will compete with Google, $GOOGL, per Bloomberg
>
> 2,204 likes · 188 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
>
> — unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) [May 7, 2024](https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1787974655401218068)

not in our leaker index

On July 25, 2024, OpenAI announced a prototype of its SearchGPT search engine, [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/25/openai-announces-a-search-engine-called-searchgpt.html) reported.

Confirmed.

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## What happened later

Confirmed.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1787974655401218068)
* [Bloomberg — OpenAI Is Readying an AI Search Product to Rival Google, Perplexity](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/openai-is-readying-an-ai-search-product-to-rival-google-perplexity)
* [CNBC — OpenAI announces a search engine called SearchGPT; Alphabet shares dip](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/25/openai-announces-a-search-engine-called-searchgpt.html)

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