Oracle has announced a new collaboration with OpenAI, extending the companies' work on AI tools for business software, security and application development.
The partnership combines OpenAI models, ChatGPT and Codex with Oracle's business applications, data products and cloud infrastructure. Oracle also outlined a broader product set tied to the deal, including tools that let employees work across business systems through ChatGPT, services for security testing, software creation tools and a package aimed at smaller businesses.
One of the central products is Oracle AI Workspace, which Oracle described as a single interface linking OpenAI models with Oracle applications, enterprise data and cloud services. It is designed to use ChatGPT plugins so employees can retrieve information, complete approved workflows and take action alongside Oracle systems.
Oracle said the workspace is intended to connect products including Oracle Fusion Applications, NetSuite, Oracle AI Database and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, as well as other enterprise tools and data sources. Users will be able to describe business goals in ChatGPT and use plugins to pull together relevant Oracle tools and information within existing governance and approval processes.
Security is another part of the expanded offering. Oracle introduced Oracle AI Security Mesh, a managed service that uses OpenAI cyber models to help customers identify and address vulnerabilities in applications and infrastructure across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, other cloud environments and on-premises systems.
The service combines OpenAI models with Oracle testing tools, validation processes, testing infrastructure and operational safeguards managed by Oracle. Customers set the authorised scope of testing, while Oracle manages controls intended to reduce the risk of outages or disruption during those tests.
Application tools
Oracle also set out plans for Oracle App Composer, a product aimed at helping employees create enterprise applications without coding expertise. Users will be able to build applications with Codex, while Oracle handles deployment and operations on its cloud infrastructure.
App Composer is designed to connect those applications to approved Oracle data and workflows and provide access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services, including OCI Kubernetes Engine and Oracle Autonomous AI Database. Oracle said the product also applies identity, permissions, networking, audit and application lifecycle controls.
Oracle said App Composer will support APEXlang, which it described as a new Oracle technology intended to enable generative application development without producing application code that is difficult to maintain.
SMB package
For smaller companies, Oracle unveiled Oracle AI SMB Bundle, a free-to-start package that includes USD $12,000 in Oracle cloud credits each year. Oracle said the bundle will combine ChatGPT Business for routine work, Oracle AI Workspace for access to applications and data through ChatGPT, Codex and App Composer for building software, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for deployment.
The package also includes NetSuite QuickStart, which Oracle said provides a base for core operational tasks such as invoicing and cash flow management. The move points to Oracle's effort to broaden the partnership beyond large corporate technology teams to smaller businesses seeking packaged access to AI-related software and cloud tools.
The announcement places Oracle among large software and cloud providers seeking deeper ties with model developers as businesses look for ways to use generative AI inside existing operating systems rather than through standalone tools. It also reflects a wider industry push to connect AI assistants not only to documents and chat interfaces, but also to business workflows, transaction systems and security operations.
For OpenAI, the arrangement expands its presence in corporate software environments where companies already run finance, operations and back-office processes. For Oracle, it adds a higher-profile AI layer to products spanning enterprise applications, databases and cloud infrastructure.
“OpenAI is transforming how enterprises solve business problems, from chat, to coding, to analytics, to autonomous agents,” said Clay Magouyrk, Chief Executive Officer, Oracle. “With this new product suite, we are uniting their transformative AI capabilities with Oracle applications, data, and cloud infrastructure-technology that businesses around the world rely on to run their most critical operations.”
“More businesses are choosing OpenAI as we make it easier to put AI to work through the tools and systems they already use,” said Greg Brockman, President and Co-Founder, OpenAI. “Our expanded partnership with Oracle helps bring that opportunity to more companies, putting frontier AI into everyday operations so teams can build software faster, strengthen security and take on more complex knowledge work.”