OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract for the use of its AI models

Openai just launched an initiative called Openai to the government starting from a modest new contract. The company received 200 million dollars by the US Defense Ministry (DOD) to develop “the capabilities of the initial model of the AI ​​to meet the critical national security challenges in both the wrestling areas of war and institutions,” according to DOD.

The contract is the first worm with Openai. It will last for a year and take place largely in an area that includes Washington, DC, and nearby provinces in Maryland and Virginia. The company said that its new program will provide the arrival of federal and state governments and local governments to its latest models through ChatGPT Enterprise and Chatgpt Gov, as well as models dedicated to national security on a limited basis.

The company said that this contract, with a $ 200 million ceiling, will bring the leading expertise in the industry to help the Ministry of Defense to determine the initial model of the initial model of their model, by supporting electronic defense, “The company” is the company.

Last year, Openai announced that it cooperated with Palmer Lucky’s Defeense startup Anduril Industries to develop the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence. Companies said they aim to combine OpenAi models, including GPT-4O, with Anduil systems and programs to improve US military defenses against non-provided air attacks. However, Openai and DOD did not refer to Anduril or Drone Defeense in their ads today.

The contract opens a new source of revenue for Openai. The company recently said that it will increase sales from about $ 10 billion currently to 125 billion dollars in just four years, without providing many details on how to plan to do so. Currently, Openai earns money from Chatgpt for consumers, along with business products and API. It spends much more than it makes it, after losing $ 5 billion in 2024 at about $ 4 billion of revenue.

In January, Openai announced the Stargate program worth $ 500 billion to develop an additional computing power in the United States. The company has completed a $ 40 billion financing round, which is currently estimated at more than $ 300 billion. However, critics argued that although huge cash amounts were burned on cloud infrastructure, he still has no clear way to profitability. Relationships are also said to be tense with the company’s partner close to Microsoft at the present time.