Capco recognised by OpenAI for innovation and responsible AI leadership

Global management and technology consultancy Capco has been recognised by OpenAI for both AI innovation and responsible AI leadership. The firm was handed the AI Governance & Risk prize at the 2026 OpenAI Partner Summit.

Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consultancy shaping change in the financial services and energy industries. For almost 30 years, the firm has served organisations looking to adapt their businesses, and adopt the latest in technology; with clients capital markets, banking, payments, insurance, wealth and asset management, and the energy and utilities sectors.

The firm has therefore been at the heart of the consulting industry’s drive to incorporate AI into modern business. Recently, it triumphed at the OpenAI Codex Hackathon, where its UK AI Lab competed against more than 30 teams and over 100 participants from across the OpenAI partner ecosystem. Capco’s winning entry Sentra – a consulting-led, AI-powered retail banking solution – uses digital twin technology to identify vulnerable customers and recommend explainable next-best actions for frontline teams.

Now, Capco has received the AI Governance & Risk Excellence Award at the OpenAI Partner Summit 2026. Taking place in San Francisco, the award “recognises Capco’s expert advantage when helping financial services and energy organisations to scale AI with confidence”, according to a release from the firm.

Srini Pallia, CEO of Wipro, said, “Capco is uniquely positioned to help clients unlock the full value of AI through a consulting-led, AI-powered approach built on deep domain expertise, trust and customer focus. OpenAI’s recognition is a strong validation of the responsible and scalable AI solutions we are building for clients and our own business. These honours mark another important step in accelerating our AI strategy with Wipro Intelligence and reinforce Capco’s expert advantage in delivering AI-enabled advisory and scalable solutions that create lasting value.”

Capco was an early OpenAI strategic partner, participating in its beta partner programme since 2025 and working closely with OpenAI on emerging enterprise capabilities. Together, these recognitions reinforce Capco’s growing position within the OpenAI partner ecosystem. The firm added that this demonstrates “Capco’s ability to innovate at the frontier of AI technology, while having the requisite expertise to deploy AI responsibly in complex regulatory environments.”