OpenAI launches workspace agents

OpenAI is rolling out workspace agents in ChatGPT, a new team feature that lets shared bots run multi-step work across apps and keep going in the cloud. (openai.com) OpenAI announced the product on April 22, 2026, and said the agents are available in research preview for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans. The company said they are powered by Codex and can handle tasks including reports, code, and message responses. (openai.com) The rollout is gradual over the next few weeks for Business and Enterprise workspaces, according to OpenAI’s release notes. OpenAI said the feature is off by default, can run in ChatGPT and Slack, and includes admin controls for who can build, publish, and use agents. (help.openai.com) A workspace agent is meant for repeatable office work rather than one-off prompts. OpenAI said teams can build one agent, share it inside an organization, connect it to tools like Google Drive, Google Calendar, Slack, and SharePoint, and schedule recurring runs. (openai.com) (help.openai.com) OpenAI is positioning the launch as the next step after custom GPTs. The company said workspace agents are “an evolution of GPTs,” that GPTs will remain available during testing, and that conversion tools are coming later. (openai.com) The product is aimed at the handoff problems inside teams: collecting context from several systems, following internal steps, and asking for approval before acting. OpenAI’s examples include software-request triage, product-feedback routing, weekly metrics reports, lead outreach, and third-party risk reviews. (openai.com) OpenAI said its own sales team uses an agent that pulls call notes and account research together, qualifies leads, and drafts follow-up emails in a representative’s inbox. The company also said agents can be previewed before publishing, shared by link or privately, and tracked with version history and analytics. (openai.com) (help.openai.com) Coverage from VentureBeat said OpenAI plans to make workspace agents free for two weeks, until May 6, 2026, before shifting to credit-based pricing. That report also said the agents are designed to work across business systems including Slack, Salesforce, Notion, Atlassian tools, and Microsoft apps. (venturebeat.com) The announcement spread quickly on social media, where an OpenAI post about workspace agents drew broad engagement. The launch adds another enterprise product to OpenAI’s April push around Codex, agents, and workplace automation. (x.com) (openai.com) For OpenAI, the pitch is no longer just that ChatGPT can answer a question. It is that a team can assign a workflow, connect the systems around it, and let an agent keep the process moving after the chat window closes. (openai.com)