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Samsung SDS wins reseller rights for OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu in South Korea

Samsung SDS secured exclusive rights to resell OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu in Korea, expanding their existing enterprise partnership into education. The service runs on GPT-5 and keeps student-teacher conversations private from model training.

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Samsung SDS Wins Rights to Sell OpenAI's Education-Focused ChatGPT Edu

Samsung SDS secured the exclusive right to resell OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu in Korea, the company announced on April 27. The deal expands Samsung SDS's partnership with OpenAI beyond enterprise software into the education sector.

ChatGPT Edu is built for schools, universities, and publishers. It runs on OpenAI's GPT-5 model and includes features like text generation, coding assistance, data analysis, web browsing, and document summarization. The service lets institutions create custom chatbots tailored to their needs.

Data privacy sets ChatGPT Edu apart from standard ChatGPT. Conversations between teachers and students are not used to train OpenAI's models. This protection matters for institutions handling sensitive academic and research information.

OpenAI developed ChatGPT Edu based on how universities deployed ChatGPT Enterprise. The service is already in use at Oxford University, the University of London, the Wharton School, and the National University of Singapore.

Samsung SDS is testing ChatGPT Edu with Korea National Open University, which has roughly 90,000 students, faculty, and staff. The proof-of-concept phase will determine how the service integrates into the university's operations.

What This Means for Sales Teams

Samsung SDS becomes the first Korean reseller for ChatGPT Edu, creating a new sales channel for education institutions. Sales professionals selling into schools and universities now have a privacy-compliant AI tool to pitch.

The company already holds a reseller partnership with OpenAI for enterprise products, signed in December 2025. This education deal signals Samsung SDS's strategy to position itself as an "AI transformation partner" across multiple sectors.

Lee Jeong-heon, executive vice president and head of strategic marketing at Samsung SDS, said the partnership creates "an environment where generative AI can be used more safely in education." He added that Samsung SDS plans to deepen collaboration with OpenAI to support corporate AI adoption.

For sales professionals, ChatGPT Courses & Certifications and AI for Sales training can help build expertise in selling AI solutions like ChatGPT Edu to institutional buyers.

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