CGI and OpenAI Forge Global Enterprise AI Alliance
CGI forms a global alliance with OpenAI to help enterprises deploy secure, responsible AI at scale, moving from pilots to measurable business impact.
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CGI, one of the world’s largest independent IT and business consulting firms, has announced a new global go-to-market alliance with OpenAI aimed at helping clients deploy advanced artificial intelligence securely, responsibly and at enterprise scale.
The partnership is designed to support organisations as AI adoption matures—from experimentation to full-scale integration—while delivering measurable business outcomes. It builds on a multi-year pilot programme in the UK and positions OpenAI as a key global AI partner within CGI’s expanding ecosystem.
“CGI’s expanded collaboration with OpenAI is well timed with the progression of AI adoption across industries and regions,” said Dave Henderson, Chief Technology Officer at CGI. “As organisations move beyond pilots, this agreement strengthens our ability to help clients realise business value while reducing operational, data and governance risks.”
Under the alliance, CGI and OpenAI will collaborate on feedback-led improvements to enterprise deployment patterns, security practices and adoption models, informed by CGI’s experience operating AI at scale. OpenAI’s training resources will also be integrated into CGI’s AI literacy programme, deepening AI fluency across its workforce—from everyday use to advanced prompt engineering and specialist AI roles.
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CGI will expand its use of ChatGPT Enterprise to equip tens of thousands of consultants and experts as part of its long-standing ‘Client Zero’ strategy, in which the firm adopts technologies internally before recommending them to clients. The approach includes early use of agentic AI systems capable of executing tasks, coordinating workflows and supporting decision-making across core enterprise operations.
“Being Client Zero means we learn the hard lessons first, so our clients don’t have to,” said Tara McGeehan, President of CGI’s UK & Australia Operations. “By embedding generative AI across our own business, we can help clients deploy AI faster, more securely and with clear commercial outcomes.”
Nicolai Skabo, Head of EMEA Enterprise Sales at OpenAI, said the collaboration would help translate enterprise AI from promise into practice. “By scaling ChatGPT Enterprise across CGI’s teams and deepening our collaboration, we are combining platform capability with delivery expertise to help organisations transform how work gets done—securely, responsibly and with real impact.”
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CGI applies ChatGPT Enterprise through its Responsible Use of AI Framework, governed by a global AI Executive Steering Committee. The framework is designed to ensure generative AI solutions meet rigorous standards for security, privacy and ethics, providing clients with confidence in compliant and trusted deployments.
The alliance forms part of CGI’s broader global partnership strategy, which spans more than 150 technology companies. The firm said this approach enables its consultants to remain independent and flexible, selecting solutions that best meet each client’s technology, regulatory and digital sovereignty requirements.
