OpenAI Partners with US Department of Energy's Genesis Mission to Advance National Science

OpenAI has announced a partnership with the Genesis Mission, a national science initiative led by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The collaboration provides Codex and API access to researchers across 17 national laboratories and universities nationwide, pairing frontier AI with research infrastructure with the goal of doubling the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade.

Details

• What the Genesis Mission is: A national initiative led by the Department of Energy that combines AI with research infrastructure, expertise, and tools, aiming to compress decades of scientific progress into just a few years
• Concrete commitments:
  • $4 million worth of Codex access for roughly 2,000 researchers at national laboratories and universities
  • $3 million in API support for two major scientific campaigns
  • Up to $10 million in API usage credit for every $2.5 million spent
  • Access to GPT-Rosalind for biology-focused projects
  • Early model access for national laboratory leaders, plus enhanced cyber capabilities for cybersecurity researchers
• Priority campaigns: The first two campaigns focus on research into high-temperature superconductors and on mapping where AI can currently be applied to science
• Track record so far: Advanced reasoning models are already running on the Venado supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, more than 1,000 scientists have taken part in previous AI Jam Sessions, and the two organizations have already collaborated on multimodal AI safety evaluations in laboratory settings
• Goal: To integrate frontier AI into national research infrastructure through collaboration among government, national laboratories, universities, and industry, dramatically accelerating the pace of scientific discovery

How to try it

This isn’t a consumer product announcement — it’s a support program for researchers at Department of Energy national laboratories and universities. Those affiliated with eligible research institutions can check the scope and application process in OpenAI’s official announcement.