Introducing OpenAI Presence

UpdateJul 22, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Introducing OpenAI Presence, a proven enterprise AI agent platform that helps organizations deploy trusted voice and chat agents for customer and internal workflows.

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Read OpenAI's release notes

https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-presence

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