# Why AI Labs Still Need Consultants for Enterprise Deployment

DevFeed: [Why AI Labs Still Need Consultants for Enterprise Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-consultants-were-never-going-to-die-39804.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.bigtechcareers.com/p/the-consultants-were-never-going>)

Author: Prasad Rao

Published: 2026-06-04T18:30:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Big Tech Careers](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/big-tech-careers.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Platforms/Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-platforms-deployment.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [relationships](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/relationships.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that AI has not made consulting obsolete because consultants provide enterprise access, relationships, and organizational knowledge that models cannot distill. It presents OpenAI and Anthropic's partnerships with consulting and financial firms as evidence that AI labs need consultants to help move enterprise AI beyond demonstrations into production.

## Source excerpt

The role of consultants in the AI era