Openai wins $ 200 million in the US defense contract

Openai has received a contract worth $ 200 million to provide the US Department of Defense with artificial intelligence tools.

The ministry announced one year contract on Monday, months after Openai It will cooperate With the start of the defense technology to spread the advanced artificial intelligence systems of “national security tasks”.

“Under this award, the pursuant will develop the primary model AI’s capabilities to face critical national security challenges in both the areas of war and institutions wrestling,” said the Ministry of Defense. It is the first contract with Openai listed on the Ministry of Defense website.

Anduril received a $ 100 million defensive contract in December. Week Baldir and Amazon To provide artificial intelligence models for US defense and intelligence agencies.

Samtman, co -founder and CEO of Openai, said in a discussion with an Openai Board and former Commander of the National Security Agency Paul Nakasone in Vanderbilt University event In April, “We have to be proud and we really want to engage in the areas of national security.”

Openai did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Ministry of Defense has determined that the contract with Openai Public Sector LLC, and that the work will mostly occur in the national capital area, which includes Washington, DC, and many nearby provinces in Maryland and Virginia.

Meanwhile, Openai is building an additional computing power in the United States in January, Pour Besides President Donald Trump At the White House to announce the Stargate project worth $ 500 billion to build an infrastructure for Amnesty International in the United States

The new contract will represent a small part of Openai’s revenue, which generates more than $ 10 billion in annual sales. In March Declare A $ 40 billion financing round, rating of $ 300 billion.

In April, MicrosoftWhich provides cloud infrastructure to Openai, said the US Information Systems Agency for Defense Use of use From azure openai with secret secret information.

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