OpenAI teams up with BCG, McKinsey, Accenture, Capgemini to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

New Delhi: OpenAI has introduced a new global partnership programme that would help speed up the adoption of AI in enterprises. The program is referred to as Frontier Alliances, and it unites major consulting and technology companies to assist businesses in rolling out AI coworkers on a large scale. The news is a sign that OpenAI is no longer merely developing models but transforming their enterprise.

The company has also recently unveiled Frontier, a platform that is meant to create, deploy, and operate AI agents applicable to real business functions. These AI colleagues are able to answer customer questions, CRM information, compliance policy checks, system updates and escalation when necessary. According to OpenAI, it is no longer model intelligence that presents a challenge to companies, but rather the way to engage AI agents into workflows and daily routines.

Strategy and change: BCG and McKinsey step in

Beneath the Frontier Alliances programme, the attention of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and McKinsey and Company would be on strategy, redesigning operating models and enterprise-wide change management.

McKinsey will tap into its experience in transformation and its AI division, QuantumBlack, to assist leadership teams in finding areas of priority and integrating AI into working processes. The company is interested in assisting companies to rewire their operations to make AI a constituent of day-to-day decision-making.

BCG, via its technology and design division, BCG X, will assist businesses in developing and expanding AI solutions in line with business strategy. The company will also lead governance structure and adoption initiatives to deliver quantifiable outcomes.

End-to-end deployment: Accenture and Capgemini

On the systems integration and execution front, Accenture and Capgemini will assist the enterprises to integrate Frontier into their current technology stacks.

Accenture will also target complete AI transformation. This involves the modernisation of data infrastructure, compliance of security, and the management of large-scale deployments. Thousands of professionals have already been trained on OpenAI technologies by the company, including ChatGPT Enterprise.

Capgemini will introduce its experience in cloud, apps and data transformation and business-specific solutions. It will assist clients in operationalising AI agents safely and continuously across the departments.

Multi-year partnerships and certified teams

OpenAI validated that they are multi-year alliances. The consulting firms will establish Frontier practice groups. Their staff will be accredited on OpenAI technologies. The Forward Deployed Engineering team of OpenAI will regularly collaborate with these partners, providing technical assistance, access to the product roadmap and research.

It is aimed at bringing together the AI skills of OpenAI and the global consulting capacity and delivery of consulting.

Limited availability, broader rollout ahead

Frontier is already offered to a small number of enterprise clients. The increased access is anticipated in the next few months. According to OpenAI and its Frontier Alliance partners, they are working to assist organisations to transition to enterprise-scale implementation of AI on top of an experimental phase.

This step will be making OpenAI a technology platform, as well as a long-term business transformer.