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DRBench: A Realistic Benchmark for Enterprise Deep Research

arXiv cs.CL / 3/11/2026

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Key Points

  • DRBench is a newly introduced benchmark designed for evaluating AI agents on complex, multi-step deep research tasks within enterprise settings, going beyond simple query-based benchmarks.
  • The benchmark involves tasks that require integrating information from both public web sources and private company data such as emails, chat logs, productivity software, and cloud file systems.
  • DRBench includes 100 tasks across 10 enterprise domains, including Sales, Cybersecurity, and Compliance, with tasks generated through a synthesis pipeline that involves human verification.
  • The benchmark evaluates AI agents on their ability to recall relevant insights, maintain factual accuracy, and generate coherent, structured reports.
  • Evaluations of different AI models—including GPT, Llama, and Qwen—demonstrate DRBench's utility in identifying strengths and weaknesses of various deep research strategies in enterprise environments.

Computer Science > Computation and Language

arXiv:2510.00172 (cs)
[Submitted on 30 Sep 2025 (v1), last revised 10 Mar 2026 (this version, v2)]

Title:DRBench: A Realistic Benchmark for Enterprise Deep Research

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Abstract:We introduce DRBench, a benchmark for evaluating AI agents on complex, open-ended deep research tasks in enterprise settings. Unlike prior benchmarks that focus on simple questions or web-only queries, DRBench evaluates agents on multi-step queries (for example, "What changes should we make to our product roadmap to ensure compliance with this standard?") that require identifying supporting facts from both the public web and private company knowledge base. Each task is grounded in realistic user personas and enterprise context, spanning a heterogeneous search space that includes productivity software, cloud file systems, emails, chat conversations, and the open web. Tasks are generated through a carefully designed synthesis pipeline with human-in-the-loop verification, and agents are evaluated on their ability to recall relevant insights, maintain factual accuracy, and produce coherent, well-structured reports. We release 100 deep research tasks across 10 domains, such as Sales, Cybersecurity, and Compliance. We demonstrate the effectiveness of DRBench by evaluating diverse DR agents across open- and closed-source models (such as GPT, Llama, and Qwen) and DR strategies, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and the critical path for advancing enterprise deep research. Code and data are available at this https URL.
Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
Cite as: arXiv:2510.00172 [cs.CL]
  (or arXiv:2510.00172v2 [cs.CL] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.00172
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From: Amirhossein Abaskohi [view email]
[v1] Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:47:20 UTC (4,197 KB)
[v2] Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:07:44 UTC (4,035 KB)
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