Abu Dhabi-based enterprise AI company EMB Global has been named an OpenAI Select Partner, making it one of the first companies appointed under OpenAI’s new Partner Network.
The partnership will combine OpenAI’s models with EMB Global’s CosmOS agent orchestration platform and Horizon observability layer. The companies aim to help enterprises and government organisations move AI projects from pilot stages into production.
OpenAI has committed $150 million to the partner programme, which includes Select, Advanced and Elite tiers and aims to train and certify 300,000 consultants by the end of 2026. Only a few dozen Select Partners have been appointed globally since the network launched in June 2026, according to the announcement.
Founded in 2018, EMB Global works on agentic AI, sovereign AI and large-scale AI transformation projects for Fortune 500 companies and government organisations across the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the United States.
Its projects include AI workflows for a government organisation, network intelligence tools for a global telecoms company and an intelligent retail management platform for a major Middle Eastern hypermarket group. The company said these deployments have delivered efficiency gains of up to 15% for clients.
The partnership will also support EMB Global’s use of OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 model and ChatGPT Work product as it expands enterprise and government deployments.
Source: Middle East AI News
