- OpenAI acquires Tomoro to help found DeployCo, with initial investment of $4 billion
- Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) will be embedded in customer companies.
- We already know that companies represent 40% of OpenAI’s revenue
OpenAI has launched an enterprise-focused consulting arm called OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo) in a bid to help enterprise customers deploy AI at scale, rather than simply experimenting with it.
It comes from the acquisition of UK-based AI consultancy Tomoro, which will see around 150 AI engineers and implementation specialists move to the new implementation company.
“It will launch with over $4 billion of initial investment,” OpenAI stated, helping to establish DeployCo as its own independent business unit, even though OpenAI retains majority ownership and control.
OpenAI Implementation Company
Under the new scheme, the ChatGPT maker will embed cutting-edge AI engineers and experts within client organizations to identify workflows where AI could drive better profits. They will be known as forward deployed engineers (FDE).
OpenAI sees DeployCo’s positioning as important: FDEs have visibility into the future of where frontier AI capabilities and expertise are headed to help companies execute large-scale transformations.
“AI is becoming capable of doing increasingly meaningful work within organizations,” said Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser. “The challenge now is to help companies integrate these systems into the infrastructure and workflows that drive their businesses.”
DeployCo’s launch shows a much greater appetite for enterprise business, as the company not only rivals AI competitors like Anthropic but also traditional software vendors like Microsoft and Google.
In a previous post, the company noted that so-called “frontier companies” now use 3.5 times more AI per worker than typical companies, up from twice as much last year. OpenAI sees a “shift from chat-based support to delegated work with agents,” so launching DeployCo FDE to help businesses redesign workflows and tightly integrate AI makes a lot of sense.
The company also previously shared that businesses account for 40% of its revenue, a proportion that is expected to grow.
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