has entered a multi-year strategic collaboration with artificial intelligence (AI) major OpenAI to drive large-scale enterprise adoption of the new-age technology, according to an exchange filing on Monday. With this, HCLTech becomes one of the first strategic services partner of OpenAI.

This collaboration will allow HCLTech’s clients to leverage OpenAI's products, alongside with the former's foundational and applied AI offerings for rapid and scaled GenAI deployment. HCLTech will embed OpenAI’s models and solutions across its industry offerings, capabilities and proprietary platforms, including AI Force, AI Foundry, AI Engineering and industry-specific AI accelerators.

This deep integration will help clients modernise business processes, enhance customer and employee experiences and unlock growth opportunities, covering the full AI lifecycle, from AI readiness assessments and integration to enterprise-scale adoption, governance and change management, HCLTech said in the filing.

HCLTech will also roll out ChatGPT Enterprise and OpenAI APIs for its employees.

The deal comes a day after HCLTech signed custom AI deal with the Indian government, along with US' Pentagon and super-app developer Grab, per The Influencer.

Last week, HCLTech expanded its partnership with cloud computing major Salesforce for enterprise adoption of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) services. The partnership will accelerate enterprises’ adoption of autonomous AI agents by Salesforce Agentforce across various industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail and manufacturing, HCLTech said in an exchange filing on Thursday.

The compoany has also entered a strategic alliance with AMD to accelerate enterprise digital transformation worldwide through advanced solutions in AI, digital and cloud. Joint development centres established under the collaboration will be used to test advanced technologies and conduct proof-of-concept tests to speed up the time-to-market for innovative enterprise tools.

Earlier this month, HCLTech entered into a long-term partnership with European energy major E.ON to support its product-based transformation, using advanced cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. As part of the deal, HCLTech will build a new private cloud and manage E.ON’s global cloud and network infrastructure across major hyperscalers. The partnership aims to help scale automation and boost E.ON’s cloud and network maturity by using advanced tools such as HCLTech’s AI Force platform.

Recently, HCLTech secured an engineering services deal with Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo Group. The IT company will support Volvo Cars’ future engineering goals from its Automotive Centre of Excellence in Gothenburg, along with its global offshore and nearshore delivery centres.

HCLTech shares closed 0.15% higher at Rs 1,727.70 per share, compared to a 0.54% decline in the benchmark Sensex.