OpenAI Picks HCLTech as Its Advanced Partner

HCLTech has been named an Advanced Partner in the OpenAI Partner Network, strengthening its collaboration with OpenAI as enterprises increase deployments of generative AI and agentic AI systems.

The designation places HCLTech among the global systems integrators selected by OpenAI to build, sell, and deploy AI solutions using the company's models and products. 

The OpenAI Partner Network brings together consulting and technology partners to help enterprises adopt OpenAI's models and move AI projects into production.

As an OpenAI Advanced Partner, HCLTech said it will use its industry-specific AI offerings to help customers adopt GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work across business functions. HCLTech also said its AI Force platform is integrated with OpenAI models to help enterprises improve productivity, automate service delivery, and increase returns on AI investments.

“We’re pleased to welcome HCLTech as an OpenAI Advanced Partner. The HCLTech team brings practical enterprise AI delivery experience across strategy, implementation and adoption,” said Colleen Kapase, Vice President of Strategic Global Partnerships and Ecosystems at OpenAI, in a statement.

“Through the OpenAI Partner Network, HCLTech can help more enterprises move from AI pilots to measurable business impact,” Kapase added.

Raghu Kidambi, Corporate Vice President, AI Partnerships at HCLTech, said the recognition reflects the companies' collaboration on enterprise AI deployments.

“Together, we are helping clients transition into new agentic operating models across value streams by building, deploying and scaling industrialised enterprise AI operating systems and control towers to unlock measurable business value with AI,” Kidambi said.

HCLTech also plans to expand its OpenAI Agentic Transformation Studio, which combines AI governance, agentic engineering, AgentOps, and optimisation capabilities to help enterprises build and manage AI systems across business functions and industry workflows.