On Sept 10, OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services—built specifically for financial institutions. The big pitch isn’t just smarter models; it’s easier, faster ingestion of real market know‑how: “send professional finance materials directly into the model.” This product is based on ChatGPT Work and pairs GPT‑6 Astra with multiple paid financial data services. For investment banks and equity research teams, it aims to streamline daily tasks like research organization, financial analysis, modeling, and client deliverables. What makes it especially compelling: the “data entry” burden drops. ChatGPT for Financial Services includes built‑in sources such as Daloopa, PitchBook, LSEG News, and Crunchbase. OpenAI indexes and hosts these materials in its own infrastructure, so firms avoid extra data contracts and complex connector setup. It also adds deeper citation traceability so analysts can verify numbers and conclusions back to original sources. OpenAI is also integrating permis...