Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI

Welcome to the world of GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—where enterprise AI reaches a new level. Discover how enhanced reasoning, proactive execution, and compliance-ready features are transforming the way developers and tech leaders operate.

The days of basic AI chats are behind us. Businesses today need more than just clever banter; they call for a dependable partner that can tackle complex, high-stakes challenges, like coordinating multi-agent workflows and producing auditable code.

Built on Azure, which serves as the backbone for solving these intricate issues, OpenAI proudly announces the general availability of GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry. This cutting-edge model series is meticulously crafted to cater to the requirements of enterprise developers and technical leaders, ushering in a new era of excellence.

GPT-5.1 vs. GPT-5.2: Key Upgrades Developers Should Know

The GPT-5.2 series boasts enhanced logical progression, better context handling, and proactive execution, making it easier to produce deliverables like design documents, runnable code, unit tests, and deployment scripts with fewer revisions. With its new architecture, GPT-5.2 offers improved performance, efficiency, and a deeper level of reasoning than previous models. It is built on the well-established GPT-5.1 dataset but comes with heightened safety features and upgraded integrations, showcasing significant advancements across crucial performance metrics.

Today, we’re excited to release GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Chat. Both are remarkable improvements over older versions, contributing to unparalleled everyday professional efficiency.

GPT-5.2: This is the most sophisticated reasoning model that addresses challenging problems more smoothly and effectively. For instance, when it comes to information work, it now combines sharp thinking with enhanced communication skills and better formatting for spreadsheets and presentations.

GPT-5.2-Chat: This versatile tool is designed to assist with daily tasks and learning activities. It shows clear advancements in answering information-seeking questions, providing step-by-step guides, creating technical documents, and translating. It’s particularly adept at fostering study and skill development while offering straightforward job advice and career guidance.

Why GPT-5.2 Establishes a New Benchmark for Enterprise AI

For sustained success in intricate professional tasks, teams need well-structured outcomes, dependable tool usage, and enterprise safeguards. GPT-5.2 is specifically optimised for these scenarios within Foundry’s robust platform, providing a consistent developer experience across reasoning, chatting, and coding.

• Multi-Step Logical Chains: Break down complex tasks, justify decisions, and create clear plans.
• Context-Aware Planning: Absorb substantial inputs (like project briefs, codebases, and meeting notes) for comprehensive, actionable outcomes.
• Proactive Execution: Manage tasks from start to finish across design, implementation, testing, and deployment, which cuts down on iteration cycles and manual checks.
• Safety and Governance: Solid enterprise controls, managed identities, and policy implementations ensure secure and compliant AI use.

With its profound reasoning skills, enhanced context management, and proactive features, GPT-5.2 is the smart pick for developing AI agents capable of managing long-term, complex tasks across various sectors including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and customer service.

• Analytics and Decision Support: Ideal for discussing trade-offs and generating defensible plans for decision-makers.
• Application Modernisation: Quickly enhance your services, create tests, and draft migration strategies with associated risks and rollback measures.
• Data and Pipelines: Inspect ETL processes, suggest monitoring strategies, and write SQL for data validation.
• Customer Experiences: Design context-aware assistants and proactive workflows that integrate seamlessly into existing applications.

The outcome? Agents that maintain reliability across complex workflows while providing structured, auditable outputs that scale confidently within Microsoft Foundry.

GPT-5.2 Deployment and Pricing