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AI CURATED HOT STORY · 11/11/2026

OpenAI Launches Verified Business Agents Inside ChatGPT

1 reports archived1 independent sourcesupdated 11/11/2026, 02:00:00
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OpenAI is rolling out a beta of verified 'Business Agents' inside ChatGPT, letting eligible US e-commerce and online service businesses deploy brand-representing agents that users can chat with for comparison shopping and product questions. The labeled, separate chats and merchant-defined instructions mark ChatGPT's push from general assistant toward a commercial transaction gateway.

LATEST/OpenAI is rolling out a beta of verified 'Business Agents' inside ChatGPT, letting eligible US e-commerce and online service businesses deploy brand-representing agents that users can chat with for comparison shopping and product questions. The labeled, separate chats and merchant-defined instructions mark ChatGPT's push from general assistant toward a commercial transaction gateway.

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  1. The Verge AIT2·72 pts
    • Eligible US e-commerce and service businesses can build brand-representing Business Agents that users can chat with directly from ChatGPT responses
    • Merchants define agent instructions and business context, enabling comparison shopping and follow-up product questions
    • Business Agent chats are labeled and separated from the main conversation, with OpenAI exploring more merchant-customer connection paths