Introducing the OpenAI Partner Network

The limiting factor for seeing value from AI in the enterprise is no longer model capabilities. Instead, it’s how organizations repeatably identify the right use cases, redesign workflows, integrate with existing systems, and drive adoption and change management at scale.

Helping every organization adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact requires an ecosystem of trusted partners with deep industry expertise, global delivery capacity, and customer relationships.

Today, we’re announcing the OpenAI Partner Network to deliver just that.

The OpenAI Partner Network is a new program for partners around the world to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI.

We’re investing $150 million to support this ecosystem and help partners bring the benefits of AI to more organizations more quickly. The OpenAI Partner Network launches with a select group of global partners with AI leadership across systems integration, management consulting, technology, and data. We also aim to train and enable 300,000 certified consultants by the end of 2026.

Organizations across every industry are ready to transform how they operate with AI. But executing that change well requires both access to frontier models and clear strategy, secure integration with enterprise systems and data, workflow redesign, responsible deployment, and change management that helps people adopt new ways of working.

Partners play a critical role in each of those steps. They help customers understand where AI can create the most value, build solutions that fit their operating environment, and deploy them with the reliability, governance, and support enterprises expect.

The OpenAI Partner Network makes it easier and more flexible for partners to work with OpenAI, whether they are co-selling, deploying, building, or helping customers connect to OpenAI technology. The program recognizes partners for the value they create and gives them access to the resources, enablement, and support they need to build successful AI practices. Partners can progress through three tiers: Select, Advanced, and Elite, each with a high bar for sales performance, technical capability, co-sell engagement, and deployment experience.

As the platform evolves, partners will also be able to earn specializations that signal deeper expertise in high-impact areas such as Codex, cybersecurity, and agents. These specializations are designed to help customers identify partners with proven capabilities in the areas that matter most to their AI transformation, while giving partners a clearer path to build expertise, stay current with OpenAI’s rapid product delivery cycles, and bring more targeted solutions to market.

For partners working on complex enterprise deployments, OpenAI is also piloting a Forward Deployed Experts program with a set of founding partners. The program is designed to help qualified partner practitioners better align with OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering teams when customer needs call for deeper deployment support. Participants will gain exposure to OpenAI technologies, playbooks, and transformation patterns, helping them bring more OpenAI-native expertise into customer environments.

The OpenAI Partner Network brings together a diverse set of organizations with complementary strengths. Some partners help customers define strategy and redesign operating models. Others integrate AI into complex technology environments, build industry-specific solutions, modernize data foundations, or help organizations manage change across global workforces.

This ecosystem-led approach is central to how we believe AI will create value. No single company can deliver every solution, in every market, for every customer. By working with partners, OpenAI can help more organizations access AI in ways that are practical, trusted, and aligned to their needs.

AI is becoming a new foundation for how organizations operate. Realizing its full potential will require deep collaboration between OpenAI, partners, and customers.

The OpenAI Partner Network is one way in which we’re investing in that future. Together with our partners, we’re working to bring the benefits of AI to enterprises around the world.

Partners interested in building with OpenAI can learn more at https://openai.com/business/partners