OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT for Financial Services, a tool tailored for investment banking and equity research. The platform assists professionals in generating financial models, research notes, and client-facing pitchbooks. Development of the product involved direct collaboration with Morgan Stanley and Evercore.

The system integrates proprietary financial datasets, including earnings transcripts and company fundamentals, with the reasoning capabilities of the GPT-6 Astra model. Users can connect their existing data subscriptions and utilize the tool for information retrieval and automated artifact generation.

OpenAI plans to use insights from these initial partnerships to refine its product and expand into broader financial service categories. Additionally, the company offers an API for financial firms to build custom applications tailored to their specific operational workflows.

The broader market for vertical AI solutions is seeing increased interest, with venture capital funding flowing toward specialized automation tools. Competitors like Anthropic have also entered the space, recently debuting 10 AI agents designed to handle tasks such as know-your-customer checks.