# How to Build ChatGPT Apps (The Next App Store?) | Live Demo by Colin Matthews

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Podcast: [The Growth Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growth-podcast-6993153)
Published: 2026-01-22T23:11:56+00:00
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.news.aakashg.com Today’s Episode ChatGPT Apps might be the next billion-dollar opportunity. Or they might be another ChatGPT feature that gets abandoned in 6 months. I genuinely don’t know yet. But when people say “this could be the new App Store,” my ears perk up. I spent four years building an iOS app in the early days of the App Store. The distribution was incredible. We grew fast purely because of where we were. So when OpenAI announced the ChatGPT App Store, I needed to understand it. I brought in Colin Matthews to break it down. Colin is one of my go-to sources for technical product topics. Our AI prototyping collaborations have been some of your favorite episodes. Today, we’re exploring ChatGPT Apps and what they mean for you as a product builder. ---- Check out the conversation on Apple , Spotify and YouTube. Brought to you by: * Maven : Get $500 off with my code on Coil Build ChatGPT Apps course * Vanta : Automate compliance, Get $1,000 with my link * Land PM job : 12-week experience to master getting a PM job * Mobbin: Discover real-world design inspiration * NayaOne : Airgapped cloud-agnostic sandbox ---- If you want access to my AI tool stack - Dovetail , Arize , Linear , Descript , Reforge Build , DeepSky , Relay.app , Magic Patterns , and Mobbin - for free, grab Aakash’s bundle . Are you searching for a PM job? Join me + 29 others for an intensive 12-week experience to master getting a PM job . Only 23 seats left. ---- Key Takeaways: 1. ChatGPT apps = MCP + widgets - The Model Context Protocol (invented by Anthropic) lets AI agents call external tools. OpenAI added UI widgets on top to create embedded app experiences directly in chat. 2. 900M weekly active users = massive distribution oppor…

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