ChatGPT Work introduces Data agent for insights and dashboards

OpenAI just made a play for every analyst, ops manager, and C-suite exec who’s ever stared at a SQL query and thought, “I wish I could just ask this in English.” The company launched its Data agent inside ChatGPT Work on September 10, 2026, giving enterprise users the ability to pull insights, generate dashboards, and trigger follow-up actions across their company’s data stack using nothing more than natural language. What the Data agent actually does The core pitch is straightforward: connect your existing data sources, ask questions in plain English, and get interactive dashboards and insights back. No data migration required. The Data agent plugs into major platforms including Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Databricks, and Snowflake. It acts as an orchestration layer, meaning it reaches across these systems to pull and synthesize information without requiring companies to centralize everything into a single repository first. OpenAI has been eating its own cooking on this one. The company disclosed back in January 2026 that its internal data agent had been operational across its teams, handling complex queries over more than 600 petabytes of data spanning roughly 70,000 datase...