SoftwareOne (SIX: SWON), a global software and cloud solutions provider, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network. The designation, announced via NEWMEDIAWIRE, signals a significant step in the company's efforts to help organizations worldwide adopt and operationalize artificial intelligence at scale.
The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program that brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships. Partners gain access to resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products. As an OpenAI Select Partner, SoftwareOne combines OpenAI's latest innovations, including GPT-6 Astra and ChatGPT Work, with its own expertise in AI, cloud, data, digital workplace, and security. This allows customers to move from experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption, embedding AI into core business processes to accelerate innovation, boost productivity, and achieve measurable outcomes.
"Being named an OpenAI Select Partner reinforces SoftwareOne's commitment to turning AI ambition into business impact," said Gudmundur Adalsteinsson, Chief Channel and Ecosystem Officer at SoftwareOne. "Adding OpenAI to our agentic skill set sharpens our ability to advise customers on the right tools for every persona and workload. Combined with our expertise in cloud, data, and digital workplace transformation, we help organizations adopt AI with confidence and turn it into real competitive advantage."
The partnership matters because many enterprises struggle to translate AI pilots into production-scale deployments that deliver returns. By aligning with OpenAI, SoftwareOne can offer a more integrated approach that spans strategy, data platforms, and digital workplace modernization. The company serves customers across public sector, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and professional services. It reaches SMB organizations through channel partners and MidMarket and Enterprise customers through a direct approach.
SoftwareOne's work includes modernizing data foundations, adopting leading AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Q, and Google Gemini, and developing generative AI, agentic AI, and business-specific applications. These efforts aim to transform employee and customer experiences while delivering measurable business value. The company continues to invest in AI capabilities, skills development, and industry-focused solutions globally.
A notable differentiator is SoftwareOne's focus on FinOps and emerging AI tokenomics, which helps customers manage AI consumption costs while realizing value from their investments. This balance of innovation and cost optimization supports responsible and efficient AI deployment with clear business impact. For enterprises evaluating AI partners, the Select Partner status provides a signal of validated delivery capability and access to OpenAI's ecosystem. More details about the OpenAI Partner Network are available at https://openai.com/business/partners. Organizations can also learn about SoftwareOne's broader capabilities at www.softwareone.com.
Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne operates in over 70 countries with about 12,000 professionals and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Euronext Oslo Børs under the ticker symbol SWON. The original release can be viewed at www.newmediawire.com.
