IBM Works With OpenAI to Provide AI Consulting
Dow Jones2026/08/13 10:24By Katherine Hamilton
International Business Machines is working with OpenAI to help companies deploy AI across their businesses while strengthening cybersecurity.
IBM said Thursday that its new partnership embeds frontier models including GPT-5.6 and products such as Codex and ChatGPTWork in IBM's AI consulting platform.
The consulting platform combines AI agents, industry assets and cybersecurity capabilities to help businesses securely deploy AI at scale.
IBM will bring engineers and consultants trained through OpenAI to work with clients on implementing the technology. IBM also will launch a dedicated program to train and certify consultants and engineers through OpenAI's program.
The consultancy is geared toward helping companies in the financial services, government, telecommunications and retail sectors.
IBM has said that one of the biggest challenges among its customers is organizing and securing the billions of new AI apps and agents as the companies start to employ more AI. Customers are looking for expertise that can help them keep track of their operating systems, IBM executives have said.
Write to Katherine Hamilton at katherine.hamilton@wsj.com
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August 13, 2026 06:24 ET (10:24 GMT)
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