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From Microsoft 's Grok to Microsoft's Copilot, OpenAI 's ChatGPT has managed to outpace competition in the chatbot space by a huge margin. With 900 million downloads on devices, according to the latest Sensor Tower data, ChatGPT has probably become synonymous with the term 'chatbot' itself.While OpenAI is ruling the chatbot clubhouse, Google has grabbed the second spot with Gemini, with 200 million downloads so far. Meanwhile, China's DeepSeek has garnered just 127 million downloads.After making attempts to take the AI world by storm, DeepSeek, which debuted in 2025, dropped from No. 1 on Apple's App Store. Things got worse, and it eventually disappeared from the Top 100 Free Apps rankings entirely.The rankings do not reveal a pleasant picture for Microsoft, which is the second-largest tech company in the world, according to Forbes. The tech giant's Copilot has seen a mere 79 million downloads, which keeps it far behind the big players. While start-up Perplexity has seen just 47 million.With 540 million monthly active users according to Sensor Tower, there's good reason to think ChatGPT could dominate its market much like Google does in search, YouTube in video, or Amazon in e-commerce. But having said that, in the fast-paced world, nothing is assured or permanent as tech companies invest heavy amounts of money in research, keeping their competition in sight.Earlier in July 2025, OpenAI introduced new tools to challenge Microsoft's AI offerings more directly. OpenAI, ChatGPT's parent company, on Thursday (July 17, 2025) announced new autonomous features for ChatGPT. These new additions will allow it to navigate the web and interact with a user's calendar and other applications.It will certainly give tough competition to its direct rival, Microsoft's Copilot, which, as its name suggests, has a more holistic presence on a user's device than a regular chatbot. To add to the prevailing concerns for Microsoft, the ChatGPT agent can create slideshows and presentations compatible with Microsoft's PowerPoint and Excel software.The new features turn up the heat on Microsoft's vast enterprise business, where it hoped to take an AI lead even as it fades on the consumer side of the equation. According to a recent Reuters report, OpenAI is also preparing to launch an AI-powered browser in a direct challenge to Google's Chrome business.
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