New York, NY – September 22, 2026 — AI Operator, a B2B AI training and consulting firm that teaches leadership teams to build and deploy AI systems themselves, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.
The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships while equipping them with resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact.
As an OpenAI Select Partner, AI Operator will continue working with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively. This work will help organizations put GPT-6 Astra to work across more of their business, using deeper reasoning and computer use to complete complex workflows and deliver finished work. AI Operator's practice is built on adoption. Its twelve-week Accelerator puts leadership teams through building real tools for their own operations, so the capability stays inside the company after the engagement ends.
“Too often, organizations invest in AI without building the habits and capabilities needed to make it part of everyday work,” said Tim Cakir, Founder & CEO, AI Operator. “Being named an OpenAI Select Partner strengthens our ability to help clients put OpenAI models and products to work in their daily operations. We measure ourselves on whether people still work differently on day sixty.”
AI Operator supports leadership teams across private equity, professional services, SaaS, and marketing and retail agencies in North America and Europe. Its work includes an AI readiness audit and roadmap, a twelve-week Accelerator built on The ADOPT Method™, and fractional Chief AI Officer advisory. The firm has trained 2,500+ people. At Source Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm, AI Operator trained 123 leaders across three cohorts, starting with the firm's own team, then its portfolio company executives, then peer private equity firms.
Looking ahead, AI Operator plans to expand its OpenAI-related offerings, put its delivery team through OpenAI's PartnerU certification tracks, and register customer deployments through the Partner Network, helping customers translate AI ambition into business outcomes.
Learn more about the OpenAI Partner Network: openai.com/business/partners
About AI Operator
AI Operator is a B2B AI training and consulting firm based in New York. It teaches leadership teams to identify, build, and deploy AI systems themselves through The ADOPT Method™, a five-phase framework for turning AI adoption into daily practice. Learn more at aioperator.com.
Media contact
Tim Cakir, Founder & CEO, AI Operator — tim@aioperator.com