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OpenAI will bring its models and Codex to Google Cloud

OpenAI announced the partnership with Google Cloud on 21 October, and says general availability is planned in the coming weeks.

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Key points

  1. OpenAI says it and Google Cloud are bringing OpenAI's frontier models and Codex agentic workflows into Google Cloud's Model Garden, in a post of 21 October 2026.
  2. OpenAI says customers will buy the models through the Google Cloud Marketplace, and enterprises with Google Cloud spend commitments will be able to draw those down for the purchases.
  3. OpenAI says general availability is planned in the coming weeks and its models will soon be in Google Antigravity and the Gemini Agent. Microsoft remains its primary cloud partner.

What happened

OpenAI announced on 21 October 2026 that it is partnering with Google Cloud to bring its frontier models and Codex agentic workflows into Google Cloud's Model Garden.

Google Cloud customers will be able to buy the models through Model Garden, transacted through the Google Cloud Marketplace, and enterprises with Google Cloud spend commitments will be able to draw down those commitments for the purchases.

OpenAI says the models will soon also be available in Google Antigravity and the Gemini Agent. General availability is planned in the coming weeks, and a request-access form is open. OpenAI states that Microsoft remains its primary cloud partner.

What it means for you

Our view

This is OpenAI's announcement, and the only timing it gives is the coming weeks. For a company that buys through Google Cloud, the practical question is the contract: OpenAI says spend commitments can be drawn down against these purchases, but the terms and prices are not part of what we have checked.

Until general availability, OpenAI's post points to a request-access form. Ask your Google Cloud account team whether OpenAI models will count toward your commitment, and at what price, before you plan any move.

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1 OpenAI models are coming to Google CloudOpenAI · 21 Oct 2026 · 6 facts Open the source archived copy
  1. OpenAI's post of 21 October 2026 says OpenAI and Google Cloud are partnering to bring OpenAI's frontier models and Codex agentic workflows into Google Cloud's Model Garden.

    October 21, 2026 ... OpenAI and Google Cloud are partnering to bring OpenAI’s frontier models and Codex agentic workflows into Google Cloud’s Model Garden.
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  2. OpenAI says Google Cloud customers will be able to purchase OpenAI frontier models via Model Garden, transacted through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

    Google Cloud customers will be able to purchase OpenAI frontier models via model garden, transacted through the Google Cloud Marketplace.
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  3. OpenAI says enterprises with Google Cloud spend commitments will be able to draw down those commitments for these purchases.

    Enterprises with Google Cloud spend commitments will be able to draw down their GCP commitments for these purchases.
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  4. OpenAI says its models will soon be available in Google Antigravity and the Gemini Agent.

    Additionally, OpenAI models will soon be available in Google Antigravity and the Gemini Agent
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  5. OpenAI says general availability is planned in the coming weeks, and links a form to request access to OpenAI on Google Cloud.

    General availability is planned in the coming weeks. Request access to OpenAI on Google Cloud here.
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  6. The post states that Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner.

    Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner.
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