OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership

OpenAI is partnering with the US government to make its leading frontier models available to federal employees. Under the agreement, federal agencies can access OpenAI’s models for $1 for the next year, per a Wednesday announcement from the company and the General Services Administration (GSA).

The partnership is the culmination of months of effort on the part of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other OpenAI executives, who have been cozying up to the Trump administration since before President Donald Trump retook the White House in January.

Since at least May of this year, high-ranking OpenAI employees have been meeting with the General Services Administration and other government agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration, to promote the company’s tools, according to documents obtained by WIRED.

On July 23, OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap and other OpenAI executives were invited ...