diff --git a/tfx/orchestration/subpipeline_utils.py b/tfx/orchestration/subpipeline_utils.py
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+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Generic utilities for orchestrating subpipelines."""
+
+
+from tfx.dsl.compiler import compiler_utils
+from tfx.dsl.compiler import constants as compiler_constants
+from tfx.orchestration import pipeline as dsl_pipeline
+from tfx.proto.orchestration import pipeline_pb2
+
+# This pipeline *only* exists so that we can correctly infer the correct node
+# types for pipeline begin and end nodes, as the compiler uses a Python Pipeline
+# object to generate the names.
+# This pipeline *should not* be used otherwise.
+_DUMMY_PIPELINE = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(pipeline_name="UNUSED")
+
+
+def is_subpipeline(pipeline: pipeline_pb2.Pipeline) -> bool:
+  """Returns True if the pipeline is a subpipeline."""
+  nodes = pipeline.nodes
+  if len(nodes) < 2:
+    return False
+  maybe_begin_node = nodes[0]
+  maybe_end_node = nodes[-1]
+  if (
+      maybe_begin_node.WhichOneof("node") != "pipeline_node"
+      or maybe_begin_node.pipeline_node.node_info.id
+      != f"{pipeline.pipeline_info.id}{compiler_constants.PIPELINE_BEGIN_NODE_SUFFIX}"
+      or maybe_begin_node.pipeline_node.node_info.type.name
+      != compiler_utils.pipeline_begin_node_type_name(_DUMMY_PIPELINE)
+  ):
+    return False
+  if (
+      maybe_end_node.WhichOneof("node") != "pipeline_node"
+      or maybe_end_node.pipeline_node.node_info.id
+      != compiler_utils.pipeline_end_node_id_from_pipeline_id(
+          pipeline.pipeline_info.id
+      )
+      or maybe_end_node.pipeline_node.node_info.type.name
+      != compiler_utils.pipeline_end_node_type_name(_DUMMY_PIPELINE)
+  ):
+    return False
+  return True
diff --git a/tfx/orchestration/subpipeline_utils_test.py b/tfx/orchestration/subpipeline_utils_test.py
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+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Tests for tfx.orchestration.subpipeline_utils."""
+
+from absl.testing import absltest
+from absl.testing import parameterized
+from tfx.dsl.compiler import compiler
+from tfx.orchestration import pipeline as dsl_pipeline
+from tfx.orchestration import subpipeline_utils
+
+_PIPELINE_NAME = 'test_pipeline'
+_TEST_PIPELINE = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(pipeline_name=_PIPELINE_NAME)
+
+
+class SubpipelineUtilsTest(parameterized.TestCase):
+
+  def test_is_subpipeline_with_subpipeline(self):
+    subpipeline = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(pipeline_name='subpipeline')
+    pipeline = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(
+        pipeline_name=_PIPELINE_NAME, components=[subpipeline]
+    )
+    pipeline_ir = compiler.Compiler().compile(pipeline)
+    subpipeline_ir = pipeline_ir.nodes[0].sub_pipeline
+    self.assertTrue(subpipeline_utils.is_subpipeline(subpipeline_ir))
+
+  def test_is_subpipeline_with_parent_pipelines(self):
+    subpipeline = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(pipeline_name='subpipeline')
+    pipeline = dsl_pipeline.Pipeline(
+        pipeline_name=_PIPELINE_NAME, components=[subpipeline]
+    )
+    pipeline_ir = compiler.Compiler().compile(pipeline)
+    self.assertFalse(subpipeline_utils.is_subpipeline(pipeline_ir))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  absltest.main()