Rahway, New Jersey – August 8, 2026— Obsidian Rising LLC, an AI strategy, implementation, governance, and workforce-development company, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.
The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships while equipping them with resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact.
As an OpenAI Select Partner, Obsidian Rising LLC will continue working with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively. This work will help organizations get more useful work from every token and stronger performance per dollar with GPT-5.6, while using ChatGPT Work to turn ambitious goals into finished work. Obsidian Rising LLC brings a particular focus to practical AI adoption for entrepreneurs, small businesses, workforce-development organizations, and community-focused programs, with services spanning AI strategy, implementation, governance, and responsible adoption.
“Being named an OpenAI Select Partner marks an important milestone for Obsidian Rising LLC and the work we are building around responsible, accessible AI adoption. We believe organizations should be able to move beyond simply experimenting with AI to develop systems that solve real problems, strengthen their operations, and create meaningful opportunities for the people they serve. Through the OpenAI Partner Network, we look forward to expanding our capabilities and helping more organizations translate AI ambition into practical, measurable outcomes,” said Gladian Rivera, Founder and CEO of Obsidian Rising LLC.
Obsidian Rising LLC supports entrepreneurs and organizations with AI strategy, implementation, governance, and business and workforce-development solutions. Its work includes helping clients identify practical applications for AI, develop implementation approaches, establish governance and evaluation practices, and integrate AI into workflows designed around real organizational needs.
The company has also developed The Rising CEO, an AI-powered business and workforce-development solution built using OpenAI technology. The Rising CEO is designed to make business and leadership support more accessible to entrepreneurs, aspiring founders, professionals, women entrepreneurs, returning citizens, and other communities that may face barriers to traditional business education and advisory resources. Early pilot users have used the solution for business development, leadership, marketing, professional growth, and entrepreneurial decision-making.
Looking ahead, Obsidian Rising LLC plans to expand its OpenAI-related strategy and implementation services, strengthen its AI evaluation and governance capabilities, develop additional AI-enabled solutions, and scale deployments with businesses, workforce-development organizations, nonprofits, and community institutions.
Through this work, Obsidian Rising LLC plans to help customers move from AI experimentation toward responsible, sustainable adoption that produces measurable business and community outcomes.
Learn more about the OpenAI Partner Network: https://openai.com/business/partners/