Openai Expands AI Model Access to Google Cloud and Antigravity
WHO:
Ars Technica - The OpenAI models coming to Google Cloud are GPT 6.1 Astra, Sol, and Luna.
CNBC - OpenAI will make its GPT products available to developers through Google Cloud.
CNBC - The companies involved include OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, the three leading cloud infrastructure providers.
CNBC - Corporate-card issuer Ramp provided data on business spending on AI.
WHAT:
CNBC - OpenAI was founded in 2015.
CNBC - Google employees submitted the Transformer academic paper two years after OpenAI was founded.
CNBC - OpenAI plans to offer its models in Google Cloud’s model garden and Google’s Antigravity coding tool.
CNBC - The Google Cloud and Antigravity availability is planned for “the coming weeks.”
CNBC - The expansion will make OpenAI models available through all three of the top cloud infrastructure providers.
CNBC - Google Cloud’s annualized revenue growth reached about 82% in the second quarter, up from 63% in the first quarter.
CNBC - Amazon and Microsoft reported second-quarter cloud growth of 37% and 42%, respectively.
CNBC - Ramp data showed that most business spending on AI goes to OpenAI and Anthropic; some corporate IT departments have integrated Google’s Gemini models.
CNBC - Google announced its next-generation Gemini 4 Argon model.
CNBC - OpenAI is seeking investors at a $1.4 trillion valuation and targeting an initial public offering.
WHERE:
CNBC - OpenAI’s models will be offered through Google Cloud.
CNBC - Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are cloud infrastructure providers.
WHEN:
CNBC - Google and OpenAI partnered last year, when OpenAI said it was using Google Cloud to run ChatGPT and its API.
WHY:
CNBC - OpenAI’s move reflects a push to expand distribution to enterprise developers and grow its business beyond consumer products.
CNBC - Google attributed its cloud growth partly to strong demand for AI models and custom chips.
CNBC - OpenAI said Google Cloud’s “longstanding investment in machine learning and AI has made it a destination for AI workloads and the developers and data scientists building them.”
CNBC - OpenAI was founded partly as a counterweight to the concentration of AI research at companies like Google.
HOW:
CNBC - Developers will access OpenAI products through Google Cloud’s model garden and Antigravity coding tool.
CNBC - OpenAI previously used Google Cloud to run ChatGPT and its application programming interface.
CNBC - OpenAI’s models were made available on Amazon Web Services after Microsoft’s exclusive license on OpenAI’s intellectual property ended.
(UPDATED October 21, 2026 22:23 UTC)
OpenAI will make its GPT models available to developers through Google Cloud, expanding access to its products across all three leading cloud infrastructure providers. Developers will be able to use the models in Google Cloud’s model garden and its Antigravity coding tool in the coming weeks. The lineup includes GPT 6.1 Astra, Sol, and Luna. OpenAI has already made its models available on Amazon Web Services, after Microsoft’s exclusive license ended, and previously used Google Cloud to run ChatGPT and its API. The move aims to reach more enterprise developers and grow beyond consumer products. Google Cloud’s annualized revenue growth reached about 82% in the second quarter, compared with 37% for Amazon and 42% for Microsoft. Google cited demand for AI models and custom chips. Meanwhile, OpenAI is seeking investors at a $1.4 trillion valuation as it targets an initial public offering.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 17:27 UTC)
OpenAI is expanding its reach to enterprise developers by making its models available through Google Cloud, joining Amazon and Microsoft as cloud providers offering its products. Developers are expected to access them through Google Cloud’s model garden and Google’s Antigravity coding tool in the coming weeks. OpenAI previously used Google Cloud to run ChatGPT and its application programming interface, and its models became available on Amazon Web Services after Microsoft’s exclusive license ended. The move comes as Google Cloud’s annualized revenue growth accelerated to about 82% in the second quarter, compared with 63% in the first. Amazon’s cloud growth was 37%, while Microsoft’s was 42%. Google credited strong demand for AI models and custom chips. Business spending data shows most AI spending goes to OpenAI and Anthropic, though some companies use Google’s Gemini. OpenAI is also seeking investors at a $1.4 trillion valuation and targeting an initial public offering.