OpenAI's $150 million partner program, launched June 14, 2026, adds EPAM as an Advanced Partner as the engineering company expands AI deployments across major industries.
EPAM Systems has received an Advanced Partner designation in OpenAI's Partner Network, a three-tier enterprise program launched on June 14, 2026 with $150 million in backing. The network ranks partners as Select, Advanced, or Elite based on sales performance, technical capability, and deployment experience. The designation strengthens EPAM's push to move clients from early AI experiments into production systems. The company said it has deployed more than 20 AI agents into production in less than three months across financial services, healthcare, retail, and telecom, with legacy modernization and cybersecurity as key focus areas. The development adds detail to the previously disclosed EPAM-OpenAI relationship and underscores OpenAI's broader enterprise strategy. OpenAI is targeting Global 2000 companies through the program and aims to train 300,000 certified consultants by the end of 2026. EPAM has also been positioning itself across multiple frontier AI providers, including a separate Anthropic deal focused on responsible AI applications for enterprises.