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OpenAI makes frontier models available on Google Cloud Model Garden

October 21, 2026 · High importance · deployment

OpenAI and Google announced that OpenAI frontier models including GPT-6 Astra and Codex will be offered through Google Cloud Model Garden and Marketplace in the coming weeks. Customers can apply existing cloud commitments, expanding OpenAI distribution beyond prior Microsoft exclusivity to a third major US hyperscaler.

Date
October 21, 2026
Importance
High 4/5
Category
deployment
Axis of Change
Deployment Expansion
Organizations
OpenAI Google Google Cloud
Models Affected
GPT-6 Astra GPT-6.1 Sol GPT-6 Luna
  1. 01 reuters.com