# OpenAI — How Podium is arming 10,000+ SMBs with AI agents

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2025-12-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Models affected: GPT-5
- Source: https://openai.com/index/podium
- Record: https://forck.live/items/345-how-podium-is-arming-10-000-smbs-with-ai-agents

Podium uses OpenAI's GPT-5 to create an AI teammate called Jerry, which helps small and medium-sized businesses and has driven 300% growth.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/podium:

> Discover how Podium used OpenAI’s GPT-5 to build “Jerry,” an AI teammate driving 300% growth and transforming how Main Street businesses serve customers.

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