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# How to Connect ChatGPT or Claude to Your Company’s Files Safely

Use a business plan with admin-controlled connectors so the assistant only sees what each person is already allowed to see, clean up file permissions first, and start with a pilot. For sensitive or messy data, a private assistant built on a curated knowledge base is often safer than connecting everything.

Also searched as: ChatGPT connectors for business · connect Claude to Google Drive · AI on company documents · ChatGPT SharePoint connector

- **Starting price:** From $2,000

- **Where:** Remote, anywhere in the U.S.

- **Quote:** Fixed price before work starts

## Try this first

- Choose a business plan with admin controls
- Decide which sources to connect first, like a policies folder or help docs
- Clean up sharing on those sources
- Turn on connectors for a pilot group only
- Check training and retention settings
- Test with real questions and review the answers

Common causes

- Staff connecting personal AI accounts to work drives
- Overshared folders the AI can now search
- No policy for which sources are allowed
- Unclear data retention and training settings

## When it’s more than a quick fix

If the data includes customer, health or financial records, or answers must be reliable, build a governed private assistant instead of connecting everything.

### How we fix it remotely

We set up connectors or a private assistant on your approved sources, with permissions, logging and testing, so answers are useful and data stays under control.

### In-depth guides

- [How to Use AI in Your Small Business: A Practical Wisconsin Guide](https://wisconsintechshop.com/guides/how-to-use-ai-in-your-small-business/)
- [What Is an AI Agent, and Does My Small Business Need One?](https://wisconsintechshop.com/guides/what-is-an-ai-agent/)

Get it fixed

## How a remote fix works

1. **Tell us what’s happening:** Two minutes with the form on this page. No account needed.
2. **Get a fixed price:** A personal reply within one business day, with the price agreed before any work starts.
3. **We fix it remotely:** You approve access, follow progress and pay in your private client portal.

## Related services

- [Connect ChatGPT, Claude & Copilot to Your Business Systems](https://wisconsintechshop.com/emerging-tech/connect-chatgpt-claude-to-business-systems/): Secure connectors that let the AI assistant your team already uses, like ChatGPT, Claude or Microsoft Copilot, look up live data in your ERP, CRM, inventory and documents, with the same permissions people have. (From $2,000)
- [Private ChatGPT for Your Business (Company Knowledge AI)](https://wisconsintechshop.com/ai-integration/private-chatgpt-for-business/): A private, ChatGPT-style assistant that knows your business. Your team asks questions in plain English, and it answers from your own documents, procedures, customer records and policies, cites the source and only shows people what they are allowed to see. (From $1,750)
- [AI Policy, Privacy & Security for Business](https://wisconsintechshop.com/ai-for-business/ai-privacy-security/): Use AI without leaking customer data: a written AI policy, approved tools, access controls and staff training tailored to your business. (From $375)

## Questions

### Can ChatGPT or Claude read our whole Google Drive?

Only what the connected account can access, which is why cleaning up sharing comes first.

### Is a private assistant better than connectors?

For reliable answers from specific documents, often yes. Connectors are quicker for general search across files.

### Can you fix this remotely?

We set up connectors or a private assistant on your approved sources, with permissions, logging and testing, so answers are useful and data stays under control.

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