ChatGPT has reached a new milestone, with 3 million paying users in the business sector. As the platform continues to expand its capabilities, it now introduces new functions such as note-taking in meetings.
What's new in ChatGPT?
Now users of ChatGPT they can use the recording mode for taking notes during meetings, brainstorming sessions, or even monologues in which you simply express your thoughts. OpenAIThe company behind ChatGPT announced on Wednesday that the tool can now connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Sharepoint and OneDriveThis allows users to query their stored documents and spreadsheets to get answers about them.
Examples of questions you could ask ChatGPT include:
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“What was my company’s revenue in the first quarter of last year?”
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“How many times did I take the ferry on my trip to Italy last year?”
ChatGPT will clearly structure and present the data.Respecting your organization's existing user-level permissions, and citing sources directly from the documents, as OpenAI mentioned in a statement.
Accessibility of the new features
The recording function is currently only available for ChatGPT Team usersa subscription plan that costs $25 per person per monthwith an annual subscription discount for teams of 2 or more people. Notes and transcripts include timestamps and action items.
In addition, the option to connect to third-party storage services is available to users of ChatGPT Team, Enterprise y Edu, the option focused on OpenAI students.
A focus on business customers
These new features are part of OpenAI's effort to dominate the market for artificial intelligence business clientsa segment that is willing to invest large sums of money. In 2023, OpenAI launched Chat GPT Enterprise, less than a year after the appearance of ChatGPT, with clients such as Block, Canva, The Estée Lauder Companies y PwCLater, in January 2024, they launched ChatGPT Team, an option aimed at smaller companies or work teams.
Currently, OpenAI has 3 million paying users in the business sector, an increase compared to the 2 million users registered in February of this year.
Competition in the race for enterprise artificial intelligence
OpenAI is competing directly with tech giants and startups to attract these high-spending corporate clients. Google, Microsoft, Amazon y anthropic They are also in the race to attract these customers, in a generative AI innovation war that is expected to surpass the trillion dollars in revenue in less than seven years.
Original article by Hayden Field | June 04, 2025 published in The Verge.
