OpenAI and Oracle expand partnership to bring Oracle apps into ChatGPT

OpenAI and Oracle announced an expanded partnership that brings Oracle applications and data into ChatGPT and uses OpenAI models and products in new Oracle offerings. The stated goal is to help businesses run core operations, build applications and strengthen security.

Details

• Existing usage: Oracle reports 130,000 active ChatGPT users and more than 95,000 active Codex users. Its recruiting team says market research that once took two to four days now takes 15 to 20 minutes.
• Oracle AI Workspace (in development): Brings Oracle application and data integrations into ChatGPT so users can describe a task, find relevant information and complete approved business workflows in one place. The example given is a finance employee pulling cost, purchasing and pre-month-end information from finance, procurement and planning applications within the organization’s permissions.
• Oracle AI Security Mesh: Uses OpenAI cyber models to help customers find and fix vulnerabilities in applications and infrastructure. Oracle manages the testing infrastructure and keeps work within each customer’s authorized scope.
• Oracle AI SMB Bundle: Combines ChatGPT Business and Codex with Oracle applications and recurring Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) credits for small businesses.
• Oracle App Composer: Lets teams build apps with Codex and other AI tools, connect them to approved Oracle data and workflows, and share them internally. Oracle manages deployment on OCI with built-in permission and access controls.
• Availability: U.S. Oracle customers can buy the OpenAI API, Codex and ChatGPT Work through Oracle Marketplace, using existing procurement processes and eligible Oracle Universal Credits.
• Undisclosed: Launch dates, rollout timelines, pricing, SMB Bundle credit amounts and availability outside the U.S.

What happened next

The announcement is mostly a distribution and integration play: ChatGPT becomes a front end to Oracle’s business applications, while Oracle resells OpenAI products through its marketplace and credit system. The AI Workspace is still in development, so the practical value depends on how well permissions and approved workflows carry over. With no dates or pricing given, enterprises should treat these as roadmap items rather than shipping products, apart from the Marketplace purchasing path for U.S. customers.