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# OpenAI lets businesses claim ChatGPT profiles and publish a labeled agent

> OpenAI’s Business Hub lets companies claim ChatGPT profiles, and eligible U.S. firms can publish a labeled Business Agent.

OpenAI introduced Businesses in ChatGPT in beta on November 10, 2026, giving companies a way to claim a profile, keep details current, and see how people engage with them in the chatbot. Reuters reported the launch the same day. OpenAI says the products are meant to help people discover businesses and make decisions, and that protecting the trust people place in ChatGPT remains its priority.

Claiming a profile and publishing an agent are not the same step.

In Business Hub, a company can claim its organization and, once verified, update key details and add self-service product feeds with pricing and availability. Any eligible business located where ChatGPT is available can claim a profile there. Existing OpenAI Enterprise customers and advertisers can work with their OpenAI representative. Shopify merchants can connect a store from Business Hub or the Shopify admin. OpenAI says eligible Shopify products are already integrated into ChatGPT through Shopify Catalog.

A Business Agent is a later, narrower option. After claiming a business, eligible organizations can build, test, and launch an agent that answers questions and helps people explore offerings using the business’s information. OpenAI is starting with eligible ecommerce and online service businesses in the United States. It says it plans to expand Businesses in ChatGPT and Business Agents to more markets and categories, and to build tools for organizations with more complex needs. A date for that expansion is not stated.

When a business appears in a model response, people can open its ChatGPT profile. If an agent is available, they can start a chat to explore offerings and ask follow-ups—for example, how two products differ. OpenAI says that conversation is clearly labeled, separate from the original ChatGPT conversation, and distinct from ChatGPT’s own answers.

OpenAI says it does not share users’ conversations or Business Agent chats with businesses. Insights are aggregated and shown only when there are enough conversations or interactions to meet certain thresholds. Those thresholds are not specified. OpenAI describes mentions, website clicks, and discovery topics—common themes across conversations where a business’s website is cited. Reuters, reporting OpenAI’s account, also includes views.

Businesses can sponsor a Business Agent and use it as the destination for ChatGPT Ads. Sponsored placements are labeled and kept separate from ChatGPT responses.

OpenAI ties the beta to the 1.2 billion people it says use ChatGPT each week.

Before you treat a profile claim and a U.S. Business Agent as one product, read OpenAI’s November 10 post and the Reuters report, and check which of the two your business is eligible for.

## Sources

- [Introducing Businesses in ChatGPT](https://openai.com/index/introducing-businesses-chatgpt)
- [OpenAI lets businesses claim ChatGPT profiles\, adds AI agents for US e\-commerce firms](https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-lets-businesses-claim-chatgpt-profiles-adds-ai-agents-us-e-commerce-firms-2026-11-10/)