OpenAI Taps BCG, McKinsey & More for Frontier Rollout

In Brief

• OpenAI enters strategic partnership with BCG, McKinsey, Accenture and Capgemini.
• Partners will help integrate and scale AI coworkers using OpenAI's Frontier platform.
• OpenAI seeks to use established consulting firms to strengthen its enterprise credentials.  

OpenAI is enlisting consulting giants to accelerate adoption of its agentic AI platform in the enterprise. The company announced multi-year partnerships with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), McKinsey & Company, Accenture and Capgemini on Feb. 23 to help enterprises deploy AI agents using its Frontier platform. The "Frontier Alliances" aim to provide strategy, workflow redesign, systems integration and change management support.

"AI alone does not drive transformation. It must be linked to strategy, built into redesigned processes, and adopted at scale with aligned incentives and culture to deliver sustained outcomes. Our expanded partnership combines OpenAI's Frontier platform with BCG's deep industry, functional, and tech expertise and BCG X's build-and-scale capabilities to drive measurable impact with safeguards from day one," said BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer in the announcement.

The partners will work alongside OpenAI's Forward Deployed Engineering team. Each firm is investing in dedicated practice groups and building teams certified on OpenAI technology. Frontier is currently available to a limited set of customers, with broader availability expected over the coming months.

The Inaugural Frontier Alliances

OpenAI buckets its partners under two umbrellas: 

• Experts in strategy and change management
  • McKinsey and Company provides strategy, operating model redesign and AI adoption via QuantumBlack.
  • Boston Consulting Group supports enterprise transformation, governance and deployment through BCG X.
• End-to-end transformation partners
  • Accenture offers end-to-end AI solutions, data architecture and lifecycle support.
  • Capgemini helps customers through sector expertise, cloud integration and scaled agent operations.

Accenture has already equipped tens of thousands of professionals with ChatGPT Enterprise, representing the largest group upskilled through OpenAI Certifications, according to the company.

OpenAI Sets Its Eyes on the Enterprise 

OpenAI has aggressively expanded its enterprise presence throughout 2025 and early 2026, launching business-focused products while securing massive funding. The company expanded its enterprise portfolio in June 2025 with Connectors for Gmail, Google Drive, Outlook, SharePoint and GitHub, then entered enterprise search in October 2025 with GPT-5-powered "company knowledge" capabilities.

In February 2026, OpenAI launched Frontier, a platform for deploying AI agents as "AI coworkers" that competes with Microsoft Agent 365 and Salesforce Agentforce. The company reported 3 million paying business users by mid-2025 and annualized revenue surpassing $20 billion in 2025.

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