OpenAI and Google Reach AI Distribution Agreement; GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Launch on Google…
OpenAI and Google have reached an AI distribution agreement. Within weeks, OpenAI will list GPT-6 Astra and Codex on Google Cloud's Model Garden, extending its model coverage to all three major U.S. clouds. Customers can purchase these models through Google Cloud Marketplace and count the spending toward their committed cloud consumption quotas, eliminating a separate procurement process; regulated customers can also run agent workflows built with OpenAI models within Google Cloud's access control and data governance tools. The agreement only became possible after April 27, 2026, when Microsoft's license to OpenAI technology became non-exclusive and Microsoft stopped paying OpenAI a revenue share on Azure resales; AWS had previously been first to launch Codex on Bedrock.
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OpenAI and Google reach a major AI distribution agreement
OpenAI will offer GPT-6 Astra and Codex in Google Cloud’s Model Garden within weeks, which puts its models on all 3 major US clouds.
Customers can buy the models through Google Cloud Marketplace and count the purchases against cloud spending they have already committed, which removes a separate procurement step.
Regulated customers can run OpenAI models inside Google Cloud’s access controls and data governance tools when building agentic workflows.
The deal became possible only after April 27, 2026, when Microsoft’s license to OpenAI’s technology turned non-exclusive and Microsoft stopped paying OpenAI a revenue share on Azure resales.
Amazon Web Services was first through that opening, with Codex available on Bedrock by June, while Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner and gets new products first.
Google, a direct OpenAI competitor, had asked the FTC in December 2024 to break up the Microsoft exclusivity, and it also supplies OpenAI with computing capacity under a 2025 deal.