The deal comes less than a year after IBM undertook a similar initiative with Anthropic.
August 14, 2026
IBM entered into a new partnership with OpenAI, bringing the AI lab’s frontier models to customers across industries, including finance, government, telecom and retail.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Under the agreement, made public earlier this week, the companies will launch a specific OpenAI unit within IBM’s consulting team to train thousands of consultants on emerging AI technologies and associated cybersecurity threats
