---
type: Glossary Term
title: "OAI-SearchBot"
description: "OpenAI's search crawler. Indexes content for ChatGPT search-time grounding."
resource: "https://prerendering.com/glossary/oai-searchbot"
tags: [ai-search, glossary]
timestamp: 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z
---

# OAI-SearchBot

OpenAI's search crawler. Indexes content for ChatGPT search-time grounding.

Used by ChatGPT search to ground answers in current web content. Distinct from GPTBot (training) and ChatGPT-User (live user-triggered fetches). Generally does not execute JavaScript with the same patience as Googlebot — deterministic HTML matters more here.