Partners with Accenture, Capgemini, BCG and McKinsey to Scale Enterprise AI Agents.
OpenAI has announced strategic partnerships with four global consulting leaders— Accenture, Capgemini, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and McKinsey & Company—to accelerate the deployment of AI-powered enterprise agents across industries. The collaboration follows OpenAI’s February 23 launch of Frontier, a new enterprise platform designed to help organisations build, deploy and manage AI agents in real-world business operations.
What Is Frontier?
Frontier enables enterprises to integrate OpenAI’s advanced models directly into operational workflows. The goal is not incremental automation, but structural transformation—embedding AI agents into core business functions.
OpenAI described a practical use case: an AI “coworker” that resolves a customer issue end-to-end by pulling data from CRM systems, verifying internal policies, updating records and escalating only when necessary. This reflects a shift from task-based automation to agentic systems capable of multi-step reasoning and execution.
Deep Integration with Consulting Giants
Under the agreement, the consulting partners will work closely with OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team, which specialises in hands-on enterprise AI implementation. The firms will establish dedicated OpenAI-focused units staffed with trained and certified professionals. These teams will gain early access to product roadmaps, technical resources and platform updates.
Aiman Ezzat, CEO of Capgemini, stated that the partnership strengthens the firm’s position in AI-driven enterprise transformation, enabling faster and more intelligent solution development.
Bob Sternfels, Global Managing Partner at McKinsey, emphasised that scaling AI agents requires fundamental organisational change. He noted that businesses must rewire operating models, evolve workforce capabilities and rethink leadership approaches to unlock meaningful value.
Competitive Enterprise AI Landscape
The move signals OpenAI’s intent to entrench its models within enterprise transformation programmes rather than remain a standalone AI provider. By partnering with top-tier consulting firms, OpenAI is positioning Frontier as infrastructure for large-scale AI adoption.
The strategy also reflects intensifying competition. Anthropic has similarly partnered with major consulting firms, including Deloitte and Accenture, to advance agentic AI deployments. As AI transitions from experimentation to operational integration, partnerships between frontier model developers and global consultancies are becoming a defining feature of the enterprise AI race.
