Summary
- OpenAI announced it will hold "DevDay Exchange," a regional expansion of its developer conference DevDay, in 8 cities starting in October
- The Seoul event will take place on October 22 at 2 p.m. local time, with the series running from Bengaluru on October 16 through Mexico City on November 11
- Attendance is application-based with approval required, and seats are limited; applications are open until September 4, 2026
What was announced
OpenAI Developers, the developer support account of OpenAI, announced via a post on its X account that it is expanding DevDay globally. The new event, called "DevDay Exchange," will be held sequentially in 8 cities starting this October: Bengaluru, Tokyo, Seoul, Berlin, Paris, London, Sao Paulo, and Mexico City. An image attached to the post displays the phrase "OpenAI DevDay[Exchange(2026)]," indicating that this event is part of OpenAI's 2026 DevDay program. OpenAI described the event as a place for developers to exchange build notes, share real projects, and meet directly with the teams building OpenAI's tools.
What this means
OpenAI is the company that develops ChatGPT and the GPT family of models. While it rents computing infrastructure from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, NVIDIA, and others, it builds its own products such as models, APIs, and agent tools in-house. DevDay is the company's annual developer conference, which has so far been centered in San Francisco, USA. The introduction of a regional version called "Exchange" can be read as a sign that the developer base participating in OpenAI's ecosystem has rapidly expanded beyond the U.S. Developer communities building services using GPT-family models and APIs are already firmly established across Asia, South America, and Europe, and it benefits OpenAI to create direct points of contact with them for gathering feedback and spreading adoption of its tools. Seoul's inclusion can be seen as evidence that a considerable number of developers and startups in Korea are also building GPT-based services.
Seoul on October 22, application deadline September 4
The event schedule has been released city by city. The order is Bengaluru on October 16, Tokyo on October 20, Seoul on October 22, Berlin on October 26, Paris on October 28, London on November 3, Sao Paulo on November 6, and Mexico City on November 11, with each event starting at 2 p.m. local time.
Attendance requires an application and approval. On the DevDay Exchange registration page, OpenAI noted that seats are limited and asked applicants to apply by September 4, 2026. The venue and full program will be provided individually once an application is approved. The registration page is also available in Korean.
The disclosed program lineup includes keynote sessions by OpenAI speakers, technical sessions from OpenAI's product and engineering teams, real-world projects and Codex use cases shared by leading founders and developers, hands-on guide sessions for immediate application to projects, and open talks featuring OpenAI teams alongside industry builders.
So what changes
For domestic developers and startups, this means an opportunity to meet OpenAI teams directly and ask questions without having to travel to a U.S. headquarters event. Since the target audience is explicitly developers and technical founders and seats are limited, anyone considering the Seoul event should keep the September 4 application deadline in mind well ahead of October 22. Those interested in attending should apply by September 4 at the DevDay Exchange registration page.
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