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Oct 21, 2026

OpenAI brings frontier models to Google Cloud in enterprise expansion

OpenAI will make its frontier AI models and Codex coding agent available through Google Cloud in the coming weeks, expanding its reach beyond Microsoft and AWS to all three major US cloud providers.

Oct 21, 20263 sources

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▪Moor Insights & Strategy analyst Mike Leone stated that many Google Cloud customers want access to OpenAI models without transferring their data
▪Google Cloud's annualized revenue growth accelerated to approximately 82% in the second quarter of 2026, compared to 37% for Amazon Web Services and 42% for Microsoft Azure
▪With OpenAI's new agreement with Google Cloud, OpenAI's AI models will be available across all three major U.S. cloud providers, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud

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AI Industry1 Business & enterprise AI1 Cloud Computing1 Codex (AI system)1 Coding agents1 Hyperscale cloud provider1 Microsoft1 OpenAI1

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