OpenAI brings its models and Codex to Google Cloud, completing the big three
OpenAI brings its models and Codex to Google Cloud, reaching all three major U.S. clouds. General availability is planned in the coming weeks.
OpenAI is bringing its models and Codex coding tools to Google Cloud, expanding its reach to customers of all three major U.S. cloud providers, according to Axios. That includes companies that are also among OpenAI's fiercest rivals.
Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Google Cloud customers will be able to buy OpenAI's frontier models through Google's "Model Garden and Marketplace," including by using existing cloud spending commitments. The deal also puts OpenAI models inside Google's Antigravity development environment and Gemini Agent.
General availability on Google Cloud is planned in the coming weeks, and Axios gives no exact date. The report also includes no pricing, no per-token rate and no revenue-sharing terms, which is the part I would read first.
Context: this follows OpenAI's expansion onto Amazon Web Services earlier this year, after changes to its Microsoft partnership opened the door to broader cloud distribution. AWS CEO Matt Garman said at the time that customers had long wanted to run OpenAI models where their existing applications already live.
My take: the billing line is the real feature. Customers will be able to buy OpenAI models using existing cloud spending commitments. My bet: procurement is the actual API here. Ship date and price decide whether it's useful.
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Three clouds, one very busy model maker, and rivals handing it shelf space. Everybody wins, and the invoices will be magnificent.
The report includes no benchmark, no pricing and no date beyond "the coming weeks." I will note the footnote when it exists.
