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OpenAI plans to offer its AI models through Google Cloud

OpenAI has partnered with Google Cloud to offer its AI models to business customers through Google’s cloud platform, according to CoinGape. CoinGape says Microsoft remains an existing partner and Google Cloud’s initial model lineup will enter private preview.

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What happened

Key facts

  • OpenAI is bringing its AI models to Google Cloud (per coingape.com, The Times of India, openai.com).
  • The Times of India headline says Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary partner (per The Times of India, coingape.com).
  • CoinGape says Microsoft remains an existing OpenAI partner (per coingape.com, firstpost.com, The Times of India).
  • The initial models are intended to address varying business requirements (per coingape.com).
  • CoinGape says Google Cloud has more than 200 available models, including its Gemini models and models from third parties (per coingape.com).

The brief

OpenAI has partnered with Google Cloud to make its AI models available to business customers through Google’s cloud platform, CoinGape reported. The move adds a cloud platform for distributing OpenAI models while the company maintains its existing partnership with Microsoft, according to CoinGape. The Times of India’s headline says Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary partner.

Google Cloud’s initial offering is set to include GPT-Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, CoinGape said. The outlet reported that Google Cloud designed the three models to serve different business requirements, without describing those requirements in further detail. CoinGape said Google Cloud plans to place the initial models in private preview.

Its account also said developers could link Codex workflows through Google’s infrastructure, though it did not state when that access would begin or specify how the connection would work. The Google Cloud catalogue contains more than 200 models, CoinGape reported. That total includes Google’s Gemini models as well as offerings from third-party providers.

The outlet did not say how many of those models come from each provider. The headlines from OpenAI and Firstpost also describe OpenAI models coming to Google Cloud; Firstpost characterizes the move as an expansion beyond Microsoft. Reuters’ headline presents the offering as part of an enterprise push.

Those headlines do not provide further details about the rollout, while CoinGape’s account identifies the initial models and private-preview plan. CoinGape separately reported that OpenAI committed $150 million to the U.S. Genesis Mission, alongside other technology companies supporting the federal research initiative.

The outlet did not connect that commitment to the Google Cloud partnership. Its account identifies the cloud arrangement, initial model lineup and catalogue size, but does not give a launch date for general business access.

Why it matters

  • Business customers are the intended users of OpenAI’s models on Google Cloud, with the initial lineup designed for varying business requirements.
  • The planned private preview is the stated first stage for GPT-Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna on Google Cloud.
  • Google Cloud’s catalogue exceeds 200 models and includes both Gemini and third-party offerings, placing the OpenAI models within a larger cloud catalogue.
  • OpenAI retains its existing Microsoft partnership while adding Google Cloud as a distribution platform, according to CoinGape; The Times of India’s headline characterizes Microsoft as the primary partner.

What to watch next

  • Whether Google Cloud puts GPT-Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna into the stated private preview.
  • Whether OpenAI or Google Cloud specifies when business customers can access the models beyond private preview.
  • Whether Google Cloud provides more detail on linking Codex workflows through its infrastructure.
  • Whether OpenAI or Google Cloud describes how the OpenAI models fit among Google Cloud’s more than 200 available models.

How it's being covered

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Where the outlets are based: Asia 40% · Unknown 40% · Other 20%
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Timeline

Developments from this story's sources, dated background we compiled and fact-checked, and our earlier coverage. Each row says which.
  1. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google.
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  2. Google introduced Google Cloud Platform.
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  3. OpenAI was founded in December 2015 as an AI research organization.
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  4. The partnership’s foundations date to July 2019, when Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and became its exclusive cloud provider.
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  5. Google announced Vertex AI, its managed machine-learning platform.
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  6. Separately, Google launched Vertex AI Model Garden in 2023, offering businesses access to Google and third-party AI models.
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  7. In January 2023, the companies announced a further multiyear partnership and investment, with Azure continuing to support OpenAI’s research, products and services.
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  8. Google introduced its Gemini AI model family.
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  9. In January 2025, Microsoft and OpenAI revised their partnership: Microsoft retained a right of first refusal on new computing capacity, while OpenAI gained more flexibility to obtain capacity from other providers.
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How we got here

In January 2025, Microsoft and OpenAI revised their partnership: Microsoft retained a right of first refusal on new computing capacity, while OpenAI gained more flexibility to obtain capacity from other providers. The change followed years in which Microsoft’s Azure platform was central to OpenAI’s computing infrastructure.

Separately, Google launched Vertex AI Model Garden in 2023, offering businesses access to Google and third-party AI models. The partnership’s foundations date to July 2019, when Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and became its exclusive cloud provider.

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