September 1st 2026 — MENADevs has been named an OpenAI Select Partner in the OpenAI Partner Network, the program that was launched in June 2026 for firms that build, sell and deploy AI solutions with OpenAI. MENADevs has 12 OpenAI-certified engineers. They help enterprises and governments across MENA take OpenAI models from pilot to production.
Why it matters#
Enterprises in the region no longer struggle to access AI models. They struggle to put them to work inside real systems, with real data, under real governance requirements. That gap between pilot and production is where MENADevs works every day. The OpenAI Partner Network is built around the same gap. OpenAI is investing $150 million in the network and aims to train and enable 300,000 certified consultants by the end of 2026. As a Select Partner, MENADevs can resell OpenAI products and services and co-sell with OpenAI, registering customers and opening new enterprise deals together. Clients can get OpenAI’s platform and the team that deploys it through a single partner, backed by OpenAI’s partner enablement and support.
OpenAI in production#
MENADevs is already building its first OpenAI use case in-house, so the team works with the platform before it reaches a client. Client deployments follow the same five-step process MENADevs uses with every client: Discover, Design, Build, Evaluate and Run. "Our clients want the best model for each job, deployed safely in their environment. This partnership lets us bring OpenAI's platform to regional enterprises with the delivery, security and local context they need." — Faisal Kawar and Hala Siraj, Co-founders of MENADevs.
Still platform-agnostic#
MENADevs stays platform-agnostic. It also works with Anthropic, Cohere, Replit and Cognition, so clients choose the right model and the right deployment architecture, in the cloud or on-premise, without vendor lock-in. Talk to us about deploying OpenAI in your organization →
About MENADevs#
MENADevs is the enterprise AI deployment lab for MENA. It partners with the world's leading AI platforms and delivers custom solutions into production. The team includes 75 full-time AI engineers and a vetted bench of more than 400 domain specialists. Across its three business units (Solutions, Data and Talent), MENADevs counts over 25 partners and clients, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Scale AI, G42, and government agencies in KSA and UAE. The team is made up of ex-operators from Delivery Hero, Amazon, Uber, Google, DeepMind, Meta, and Microsoft. Learn more at menadevs.io.
