ChatGPT for business.
ChatGPT Business is the private version of ChatGPT designed for teams and organisations that want commercial use of AI while maintaining security and control. Podcom helps New Zealand businesses deploy ChatGPT Business in a way that delivers real business outcomes.
Are your staff using free versions of ChatGPT for work? Is your confidential data being entered into public tools? Would your business pass a privacy review of AI usage?
ChatGPT usage has moved quickly and is commonplace in many workplaces. It’s a powerful standalone AI workspace that unlocks huge opportunity for productivity and accuracy across a broad use, but it’s often used without oversight or governance. Podcom can help implement ChatGPT in a secure and business-appropriate way across your organisation. Book a consultation with our AI team today.
What is ChatGPT Business?
ChatGPT Business is the private team-focussed offering from OpenAI, built specifically for business use. It provides enhanced data protection, administrative controls and business-ready features.
Unlike standard consumer versions of ChatGPT, Business includes:
- Business-grade security.
- Team workspace.
- Faster performance.
- Tools to manage users, permissions and usage.
- Encrypted conversations.
- Integration with apps such as SharePoint and Slack.
Importantly, your data is not used to train public AI models, and access can be centrally managed across your organisation.
Benefits for your business.
ChatGPT Business keeps your data private and encrypted, and includes enhanced admin & security controls.
Businesses use it to improve productivity, support knowledge work, draft and analyse content, assist with reporting, and accelerate problem-solving – all without losing sensitive business data to the public AI model.
How Podcom deploys ChatGPT Business.
Podcom manages your ChatGPT Business deployment end to end, so it’s implemented correctly from day one.
We help with licensing, security configuration, user access, governance, and practical use cases tailored to your business. We also guide your team on how to use ChatGPT effectively, safely, and consistently across the organisation. Our focus is not just enabling the tool, but making sure it delivers measurable value to your business.
Adding SSO to ChatGPT Business.
ChatGPT Business can be further secured by adding Single Sign-On (SSO). Adding SSO to ChatGPT Business reduces password related risk and gives your IT team central control over access. Without SSO, staff are able to invite colleagues into your ChatGPT workspace themselves, making governance harder to manage.
Podcom recommends and implements SSO for ChatGPT Business to ensure the following:
- Centralised access control: IT manages access (instead of individual staff).
- Improved security: Enforce your existing authentication policies.
- Safer onboarding and offboarding: Add or revoke access quickly.
- Better user experience: Staff sign in using the same business credentials they already use.
ChatGPT Business keeps your business data private – it does not use your data for training AI models.
Frequently asked questions.
What’s the difference between ChatGPT Business and individual ChatGPT plans?
ChatGPT Business is built for business teams, with stronger security, admin controls, and data that is not used to train public AI models.
Can Podcom help with Gemini, Perplexity or other AI platforms?
Yes. Podcom provides platform-agnostic advice and deployment across multiple enterprise AI platforms. (See our private LLM or CoPilot solutions for example).
ChatGPT Business vs Copilot – which is better?
ChatGPT Business is a standalone AI workspace for broad business use, while Copilot is embedded inside Microsoft 365 apps like Word and Outlook. The choice depends on your business preference.
How do we choose the right AI platform for our business?
The right platform depends on your data sensitivity, systems, workflows and governance needs. Podcom can help you assess and choose confidently with our AI strategy & governance services.
Is ChatGPT Business a private LLM?
No. While ChatGPT Business does not use your data to train it’s public AI model, but it is not a dedicated private LLM hosted solely for your organisation (see our private LLM solutions for more information).
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