Goldman Sachs rolls out AI assistant to all 46,500 staff after year-long secret pilot

Goldman Sachs quietly gave around 10,000 employees access to an internal AI tool for over a year before publicly launching the GS AI Assistant to its entire global workforce of 46,500-plus employees in mid-2025. The system, built under CIO Marco Argenti, runs entirely within Goldman's own infrastructure to prevent any client or trading data from reaching external models. It uses a multi-model architecture with role-based access, meaning tools and model capabilities are tailored by job function, reserving the most powerful models for complex tasks. Internal metrics show adoption has crossed 50% of eligible staff, with developers reporting a 20% productivity gain and a 15% drop in post-release bugs, while AI-assisted workflows are estimated to cut M&A deal preparation time by up to 40%. However, Goldman's own AI-focused stock portfolio, GSXUPROD, is currently underperforming the broader market year to date, highlighting the gap between internal productivity gains and external investment returns.