OpenAI Launches Economic Research Exchange
OpenAI Economic Research Exchange supports AI impact studies with secure data access Apply by July 5, 2026 to explore labor, productivity, education, and more
OpenAI has launched the Economic Research Exchange, a program designed to support external research on the economic effects of AI. The initiative will bring selected researchers into structured collaborations focused on questions such as how AI is affecting workers, firms, institutions, and the broader economy.
The company said proposals should use carefully governed, privacyprotected access to OpenAI tools and datasets to help produce credible empirical evidence. Areas of interest include labor economics, productivity, education, entrepreneurship, public finance, regional economics, development, and inequality.
Applications for the program are open now and will close on July 5, 2026. OpenAI plans to notify selected researchers by July 31, 2026.