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Cloud · Thursday, October 22, 2026

OpenAI models will be sold inside Google Cloud

The File desk · Oct. 22, 2026, 6:40 a.m. ET

Confirmed1 primary sources

Status

Confirmed from OpenAI's announcement of Oct. 21, 2026, describing a partnership with Google Cloud. Availability “in the coming weeks” is the companies' plan. Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner, OpenAI said. No deal value is stated.
  • Confirmed
    OpenAI said its frontier models and Codex workflows will come to Google Cloud's Model Garden, with general availability planned in the coming weeks.
  • Confirmed
    OpenAI said Microsoft remains its primary cloud partner. No price for the deal is in the announcement.
OpenAI and Google Cloud said Wednesday that businesses will be able to buy OpenAI's models inside Google's cloud. General availability is planned “in the coming weeks,” OpenAI said. Microsoft, OpenAI said, remains its primary cloud partner.1
OpenAI said that customers with Google Cloud spending commitments will be able to draw those commitments down for these purchases. Greg Brockman spoke for OpenAI. Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud's chief executive, said, “We are focused on giving customers a broad selection of models, including those from OpenAI.” The announcement does not name a dollar figure, and it does not list individual model version numbers. This story does not add them.1
The phrase for the schedule is “in the coming weeks.” That is the companies' plan, not a date.
Why it matters (Estimate). Estimate. Companies that already pay Google for computing will be able to turn on OpenAI's models without a separate contract, once the switch is live. That is a distribution change. It is not a new model, and it does not, on this page, change who OpenAI says its main cloud partner is.
OpenAI's sentence on the existing partnership is that Microsoft remains its primary cloud partner.
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.OpenAI, “OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud,” Oct. 21, 2026. https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud “OpenAI and Google Cloud are partnering to bring OpenAI’s frontier models and Codex agentic workflows into Google Cloud’s Model Garden.” “General availability is planned in the coming weeks.” “Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner.” Thomas Kurian: “We are focused on giving customers a broad selection of models, including those from OpenAI.” Enterprises can draw down Google Cloud commitments. No model-by-model list and no deal value are printed in this story.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • The day general availability begins. The page says the coming weeks.
  • Which model versions, by name. Not listed here.
  • Any dollar value of the arrangement. Not stated.

Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    OpenAI models on Google Cloud

    OpenAI · October 21, 2026

    Frontier models and Codex will come to Google Cloud's Model Garden. General availability is planned in the coming weeks. Microsoft remains the primary cloud partner.

    https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud

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