OpenAI has introduced a new PDF export feature for its Deep Research tool, allowing Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers to download comprehensive research reports with preserved formatting. According to Michael Nuñez in VentureBeat, the feature maintains tables, images, and clickable citations, making the reports easily shareable in professional settings. Enterprise and Education users will gain access to this capability soon.
The PDF export addresses a significant pain point for business users who need to share polished, verifiable research with colleagues and clients. By enabling the transformation of AI-generated research into traditional document formats, OpenAI bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and conventional business communication methods.
The preservation of citations as clickable links in the exported PDFs addresses the critical need for verifiability in professional contexts, especially in regulated industries where tracing information to its source is mandatory for compliance. The backward compatibility with past reports demonstrates OpenAI’s technical foresight in designing Deep Research with a consistent underlying structure.
For enterprise users, this seemingly modest update transforms Deep Research from an experimental tool into an essential business application that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows.
This update comes as competition intensifies in the AI research assistant market, with rivals like Perplexity, You.com, and Anthropic offering similar capabilities. The feature represents OpenAI’s strategic shift toward enterprise customers under the leadership of newly hired Fidji Simo, who heads the company’s “Applications” division.