AI Launch Profile
Introducing deep research
OpenAI launched deep research in ChatGPT as an agentic research capability that plans, searches the public web, analyzes sources, and synthesizes cited reports for complex questions.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- OpenAI
- Launch date
- February 2, 2025
- Launch type
- New Product
- Category
- AI Research Tools
- Audience
- Enterprises, Operators, Researchers, Students
- Pricing
- At launch, deep research started in ChatGPT Pro with usage limits and later expanded across ChatGPT plans; current limits vary by plan.
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- No
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
Use these links to move from this record into the broader Launch Intelligence database.
Verification & Sources
- Status
- Verified
- Source links
- 2
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: verified June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 11, 2026
Key source checks
Suggest a correction
Kingy Launch Score
6.9 / 10 · Mixed
One earned credibility score, computed from cited evidence — not a placeholder. How the Kingy Launch Score works
Why this score
- Source & verification 7.0/10 — The OpenAI launch post plus the Help Center article — two first-party sources. openai.com
- Product evidence 7.0/10 — An agentic research capability in ChatGPT that plans, searches the public web, analyzes sources, and returns cited reports, with access expanding across plans including free over time. help.openai.com
- Significance & novelty 7.5/10 — The record frames it as a category-defining research-agent launch that created a mainstream comparison point for Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and other research agents. openai.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 6.0/10 — Started in ChatGPT Pro with usage limits and later expanded across plans; current limits vary by plan. openai.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-11
Creator Coverage Next Steps
This launch has signals that may support demos, reviews, creator education, founder storytelling, or practical product explainers.
Launching an AI product that needs clear demos, creator education, and buyer trust? Sponsor a Kingy AI video or launch feature.
Kingy AI Take
OpenAI launched deep research in ChatGPT — an agentic capability that plans, searches the public web, analyzes sources, and synthesizes cited reports for complex questions (openai.com). The record describes it as category-defining and a mainstream comparison point for rival research tools. Source selection, overconfidence, and completeness still need human review for professional work, especially on current or high-stakes facts.
Who it is for
Analysts, operators, researchers, students, buyers, and knowledge workers who need documented research reports rather than quick conversational answers.
Traction notes
This is one of the hub's anchor records for AI research tools because it created a mainstream comparison point for Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and other research-agent products.
Source-backed record