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ServiceNow and OpenAI expand enterprise AI partnership

29 OCTOBER 2026·2 MIN READ·3 SOURCES

ServiceNow and OpenAI announced an expanded partnership connecting OpenAI models and agents with ServiceNow products and workflows through ChatGPT and Codex. The companies say the work is intended to help businesses build applications, resolve IT requests and address security issues with AI.

ServiceNow and OpenAI expand enterprise AI partnership

Key takeaways · 4

  • 01

    The expanded partnership connects OpenAI models and agents with ServiceNow products and workflows through ChatGPT and Codex.

  • 02

    Customers can connect ChatGPT to their ServiceNow instance and select the capabilities it can use.

  • 03

    ServiceNow Action Fabric applies existing business rules and permissions to actions through the integration.

  • 04

    The companies plan to integrate Codex into ServiceNow’s AI Workflow Factory and use OpenAI models in ServiceNow’s Build Agent and Autonomous Engineer.

ChatGPT gains workflow connections

A new ServiceNow integration will bring business context and workflow actions directly into ChatGPT.[1] The companies say an IT worker will be able to find similar incidents, assess change risk and update ServiceNow records from ChatGPT.[1] Customers can connect ChatGPT to their ServiceNow instance and select which capabilities it can use.[1] ServiceNow says Action Fabric applies existing business rules and permissions to actions taken through the integration.[1] ServiceNow is also previewing interactive experiences inside ChatGPT.[1]

Development and security plans

The companies plan to integrate Codex into ServiceNow’s AI Workflow Factory, helping developers build applications using ServiceNow context and platform capabilities.[1] OpenAI models will also power ServiceNow’s Build Agent and Autonomous Engineer for application development and modernization.[1] Separately, the companies plan a joint security solution combining OpenAI cybersecurity capabilities with ServiceNow asset, identity and business context.[1] Its stated aims include investigating vulnerabilities, prioritizing risks and coordinating remediation.[1] These are described as plans, rather than as a completed security product.[1]

A voice-led AI assessment

An OpenAI-powered experience in ServiceNow’s Super Intelligence Control Tower will let people describe an AI use case aloud.[1] The voice experience is designed to populate assessment fields and ask follow-up questions to gather missing information.[1] The companies also describe a broader operational arrangement: OpenAI plans to use ServiceNow across its operations, while ServiceNow plans to make ChatGPT Work and Codex available to employees.[2] ServiceNow plans to expand access to those tools beyond its engineering organization to all employees.[1]

Partnership builds on earlier work

The expanded partnership builds on an earlier agreement announced in January.[1] That earlier multi-year agreement expanded ServiceNow customers’ access to OpenAI frontier models.[3] ServiceNow said OpenAI would be a preferred intelligence capability for enterprises running more than 80 billion workflows each year on its platform.[3] ServiceNow also said its AI Platform brings OpenAI models, including GPT-5.2, into enterprise workflows.[3] OpenAI joined ServiceNow’s Control Tower Alliance as a founding member; ServiceNow describes the alliance as an ecosystem for AI, security, infrastructure and governance leaders focused on trusted AI adoption at scale.[2]

For professionals, the announcement points to AI assistance operating closer to enterprise workflows, with customer-selected capabilities and existing business rules and permissions applied to actions. Development, IT and security teams can use the stated plans to identify possible workflow opportunities, while distinguishing announced plans and previews from delivered capabilities.

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