ChatGPT App Store Is the Next AI Platform | EP 134

Apr 16, 2026

Aytekin Tank, Founder and CEO of JotForm, joins to discuss the rise of the ChatGPT App Store and AI integrations. He talks about JotForm’s ChatGPT app for creating forms and automating workflows inside chat. Conversation covers app ecosystems, in-chat creative tools like Canva and Photoshop, and how AI memory and distribution could reshape software.

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ChatGPT App Store Feels Like Early Apple App Store

ChatGPT's App Store is analogous to the early Apple App Store and can become a primary distribution channel for many consumer and business apps.
Aytekin Tank compares its trajectory to mobile apps: basic at launch but able to scale into everyday usage across millions of users.

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Get Your Product On The App Store Now

If your product isn't on the ChatGPT App Store you risk missing massive distribution to ChatGPT's user base.
Aytekin reports thousands of daily JotForm connections as evidence that presence drives heavy usage.

INSIGHT

UI Panels Inside ChatGPT Make Apps More Powerful

Embedding full UIs inside ChatGPT apps strengthens functionality beyond pure chat commands.
JotForm's ChatGPT app shows a live form builder and submissions UI, letting users create and edit forms without leaving ChatGPT.

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In this episode of the AI Agents Podcast, host Demetri Panici sits down with Jotform Founder & CEO Aytekin Tank to discuss the newly emerging ChatGPT App Store and why it could become one of the biggest shifts in software distribution.

Aytekin explains how MCP (Model Context Protocol), originally introduced by Anthropic, helped shape the idea of connected AI apps — and how OpenAI’s ChatGPT App Store is bringing that vision to life. Instead of switching between dozens of SaaS tools, users can now interact with apps directly inside ChatGPT using natural language.

They also explore real-world examples including Jotform, Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Music, and TripAdvisor integrations — showing how AI agents can connect tools, automate workflows, and reduce the need for traditional interfaces.

The conversation also covers why chat interfaces may replace traditional SaaS dashboards, how AI memory improves personalization, and why companies that build AI integrations now could benefit from massive distribution.

In this episode, we're seeing how AI agents and app stores are converging — and why the next generation of software may live entirely inside AI.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – MCP, Anthropic, and the rise of AI app ecosystems
01:07 – Introduction to the ChatGPT App Store
03:22 – Why AI apps feel like the early Apple App Store
05:28 – Jotform inside ChatGPT: building forms with AI
10:36 – Moving from traditional UI to chat interfaces
16:46 – Why AI apps are more powerful with context & memory
24:15 – Canva, Photoshop, and AI creative workflows
29:30 – TripAdvisor and AI travel planning apps
32:45 – Why ChatGPT apps are still early but growing fast
35:21 – The future of SaaS: apps inside AI agents

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