One of the robotaxi race's biggest platforms is going all-in on OpenAI for office work. Uber began a company-wide rollout of ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agent for multi-step knowledge work inside ChatGPT Enterprise, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. It will be available to more than 30,000 employees across Uber's global workforce, expanding from a pilot of 1,000, OpenAI said.
What Uber gets
- ChatGPT Work connects to tools such as Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Slack to research, prepare meeting briefs, build presentations and analyze data.
- OpenAI said GPT-6.1 Sol will be the default model in ChatGPT Work for Uber, plus voice and image generation.
- Uber's engineers will keep using Codex for software development.
About 80% of the pilot's early adopters were non-engineers, Uber VP of engineering Sumanth Sukumar told TechCrunch. They used it to analyze operations data, localize training materials and build personal dashboards. Uber did not disclose how much it is spending on the rollout, TechCrunch reported; Sukumar said the company will track how employees use it and let that guide wider AI deployment.
"Uber is putting AI to work across its business," OpenAI president Greg Brockman said in OpenAI's announcement. ChatGPT Work launched in July, and the deal comes as OpenAI pushes deeper into enterprise sales against Anthropic, TechCrunch noted. It follows OpenAI's Google Cloud deal this week.