OpenAI Brings Its AI Models to Google Cloud Marketplace
OpenAI is putting its AI models on Google Cloud. The company announced Wednesday that its frontier models — GPT-Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna — plus its Codex coding agent will land in Google Cloud’s Model Garden and Marketplace. General availability is expected in the coming weeks, though select enterprise customers are getting private-preview access starting today. What’s actually changing Google Cloud customers will be able to buy OpenAI models directly through the Marketplace and count the spend against their existing cloud commitments. No separate procurement dance, no second billing relationship. The models deploy from Model Garden, Google’s catalog for third-party and first-party models, and all usage lands on a single Google Cloud invoice that also draws down Flexible Savings Plans. ...