IBM said it has formed a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate frontier models including GPT-5.6, Codex and ChatGPT Work into IBM Consulting Advantage, its AI platform for consultants and enterprise clients. The companies plan to jointly market AI offerings and build industry-specific solutions for financial services, government, telecommunications and retail, as OpenAI expands its enterprise business through large consulting and technology partners. IBM will create a dedicated OpenAI practice within IBM Consulting and train and certify tens of thousands of consultants over the next several months, primarily by retraining existing employees, according to Mike Healy, managing partner at IBM Consulting. The training will cover OpenAI's Codex, API, cybersecurity and consultative solution credentials, and IBM will also form a group of specialized Forward Deployed Experts trained through OpenAI's Partner Network. The tie-up extends a broader relationship that included the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program in June and now adds integration with IBM Autonomous Security, the company's multi-agent-powered cybersecurity service. For IBM, the agreement adds to a model-agnostic AI strategy that combines its own Granite models with third-party systems through watsonx and its consulting arm, while supporting its push to accelerate AI growth after it lowered its 2026 revenue forecast last month.