Foundry Labs Named OpenAI Select Partner for Japanese Enterprise AI
The recognition places a Tokyo firm founded in 2025 inside OpenAI's partner tier, giving Japanese enterprises a direct local channel to frontier models through embedded delivery teams.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Foundry Labs Inc., a Tokyo enterprise AI partner founded in 2025, has been recognized as an OpenAI Select Partner in the OpenAI Partner Network. The company will collaborate with OpenAI to help Japanese organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions using GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work. Its Forward Deployed Engineers embed with client teams, and past work includes an AI forecasting dashboard for a major IP holder and agentic AI integration at a Japanese bank.
Foundry Labs was established in Tokyo in 2025 and runs three lines of work: AI consulting, AI education, and AI research. The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program that supplies partners with resources and enablement to sell AI solutions built on OpenAI's frontier models.
As a Select Partner, Foundry Labs will use GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work in client engagements. Its Forward Deployed Engineers work inside client teams, covering the span from AI ideation to production systems. Past projects include an AI sales forecasting dashboard for a leading Japanese IP holder, a custom marketing optimization system, and agentic AI integration at a major Japanese bank.
CEO Ilya Kulyatin framed the work around undocumented tacit knowledge inside Japanese companies, saying frontier AI can capture, scale, and use that knowledge and turn it into measurable outcomes.
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