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OpenAI frontier models arrive on Google Cloud and Antigravity

OpenAI and Google have reached an arrangement to bring OpenAI's frontier GPT models into Google Cloud services. The full suite of GPT 6 and 6.1 models—Astra, Sol, and Luna—will appear in Google's Model Garden in the coming weeks and also in Antigravity, Google's agent-powered coding tool. Google says it is now the only large cloud provider offering access to all three leading closed LLM families. Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner despite the new arrangement.

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It signals a notable shift in cloud–model distribution that affects enterprise model choice and multi-LLM routing strategies.

Google would certainly prefer that everyone used its Gemini models with Google Cloud services, but soon, you'll have more options. OpenAI and Google have come to an arrangement that will see the fORMer's frontier models arrive in Google Cloud services. Perhaps more importantly, GPT models will soon appear in Antigravity, Google's agent-powered coding tool.

For enterprise customers and AI enthusiasts, OpenAI's latest model will appear in Google's "Model Garden" in the coming weeks, adding to its 200-plus options. The garden already offers access to Google's Gemini models, as well as an assortment of open models like Mistral, Llama, and Gemma. anthropic's Claude AI has also been available for some time. Google says it's now the only large cloud provider offering access to all three leading closed LLMs.

While OpenAI notes that Microsoft continues to be its primary cloud partner, the full suite of current GPT 6 and 6.1 models—Astra, Sol, and Luna—will launch on Google Cloud. Astra will naturally cost the most to run, but Google's system supports dynamically moving workloads between LLMs based on performance, latency, and efficiency.

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