OpenAI to offer frontier models and Codex on Google Cloud within weeks
In short
OpenAI and Google Cloud announced on 21 October that OpenAI's frontier models and its Codex agent will be offered through Google Cloud's Model Garden within the next few weeks. Enterprise customers will be able to buy the models through Google Cloud Marketplace. OpenAI said Microsoft remains its main cloud partner.
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OpenAI and Google Cloud announced on 21 October that OpenAI will make its frontier AI models and its Codex coding agent available through Google Cloud in the coming weeks, CLS reported. According to the companies' blog announcement cited by CLS, the latest OpenAI models, including GPT-6 Astra, will be added to Google Cloud's Model Garden. 36Kr and Jiemian said the models and Codex agent workflows are scheduled to open in the next few weeks. [ 1 , 3 , 4 ]
Customers will be able to buy the models on Google Cloud Marketplace and pay using their existing cloud spending commitments, according to CLS, 36Kr and Jiemian. CLS wrote that this helps OpenAI promote its models to more enterprise customers. CLS later reported OpenAI as saying the move lets enterprises use its technology in the build environments they already have. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 ]
OpenAI models will also come to Google Antigravity and Gemini Agent in succession, according to 36Kr and Jiemian, and OpenAI said Microsoft remains its main cloud partner. CLS wrote that the cooperation deepens ties between two competitors and shows large cloud providers becoming an important channel for distributing leading AI models. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
IT Home reported that the models include GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna, and that they will go live on Model Garden and Marketplace. It wrote that OpenAI's models would then be available on three major US cloud providers, and that OpenAI's exclusive agreement with Microsoft expired in April 2026, after which Amazon announced the next day that it would host OpenAI models on AWS Bedrock. [ 6 ]
IT Home also said Gemini Agent was released on 8 October at Gemini at Work 2026, when it could route between Gemini and Anthropic Claude models, and that Google had listed OpenAI and open-weight models as coming later. It said Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian told Reuters earlier that Google Cloud is an open platform that welcomes any model popular with developers. [ 6 ]
Why it matters
CLS wrote that the deal deepens cooperation between two competitors and shows large cloud providers becoming an important distribution channel for leading AI models. It gives OpenAI a way to reach more enterprise customers through Google Cloud.
Key facts
- OpenAI and Google Cloud announced on 21 October that OpenAI's frontier models and Codex will be available through Google Cloud in the coming weeks. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 ]
- The models will be added to Google Cloud's Model Garden, with GPT-6 Astra named among them. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 ]
- Customers will be able to buy the models on Google Cloud Marketplace and pay using existing cloud spending commitments. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
- OpenAI models are also to come to Google Antigravity and Gemini Agent. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
- OpenAI said Microsoft remains its main cloud partner. [ 3 , 4 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- OpenAI and Google Cloud announced that OpenAI's frontier models and Codex will come to Google Cloud's Model Garden within the next few weeks. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 ]
- Enterprise customers will be able to buy the models through Google Cloud Marketplace. [ 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
- OpenAI models will also be available in Google Antigravity and Gemini Agent. [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
Still unclear
- The exact launch date and the pricing of the OpenAI models on Google Cloud. The documents say only that the models will become available in the coming weeks and give no date or prices.
- Which models will be offered beyond GPT-6 Astra. Only IT Home names Sol and Luna in addition to GPT-6 Astra; other outlets refer only to frontier models.
- When OpenAI models will arrive in Antigravity and Gemini Agent. 36Kr and Jiemian say only that they will be connected in succession.
- OpenAI said Microsoft remains its main cloud partner. Reported by a single source so far
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- CLS reports that OpenAI will offer its frontier models and Codex through Google Cloud in the coming weeks. [ 1 ]
- 36Kr reports the OpenAI announcement, including the Model Garden, Marketplace, Antigravity and Gemini Agent details. [ 3 ]
- CLS reports that OpenAI's frontier models will be purchasable on Google Cloud Marketplace. [ 5 ]
- On 22 October CLS reports OpenAI saying enterprises will be able to use its technology in their existing build environments. [ 7 ]