Summary
On September 10, 2026, OpenAI introduced a Data agent in ChatGPT Work: a plugin that connects to approved company data sources, investigates changes in business metrics, and builds interactive, shareable dashboards from natural-language questions — no SQL or separate BI tool required. Initial connectors include Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, ClickHouse, MongoDB, and Datadog, plus files in Google Drive and SharePoint, and it can build dashboards inside Omni, Oracle BI, Power BI, Sigma, Tableau, and ThoughtSpot.
What changed
OpenAI launched the ChatGPT Work Data agent on September 10, 2026, connecting to enterprise warehouses and BI tools to answer business questions and generate dashboards conversationally while enforcing existing table/row/column permissions.
Why it matters
It pushes agentic analytics into the ChatGPT surface employees already use, competing directly with self-serve BI and warehouse-native assistants; enforcing existing data permissions is the detail that decides whether enterprises let such an agent touch production data.
Evidence excerpt
OpenAI introduced a Data agent in ChatGPT Work that connects to approved company data sources, investigates what changed in business metrics, and builds interactive dashboards; it enforces existing table, row, and column-level permissions.