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OpenAI to sell AI to US agencies through Amazon cloud unit
OpenAI's deal with Amazon Web Services enables AI use for classified and public sector Pentagon tasks, replacing Anthropic after supply chain concerns, expanding government AI access.
- OpenAI announced on March 17, 2026 that it will work with Amazon Web Services to sell access to its AI models for classified and unclassified U.S. defense and government use, with AWS distributing products across its public-sector customers.
- Policy shifts including a Pentagon contract secured late last month followed OpenAI updating its Microsoft agreement to allow rival cloud partnerships for national security sales.
- Anthropic refused to allow unrestricted military uses, leading the Pentagon to label it a 'supply chain risk' and sue the company after a $200 million contract.
- The arrangement enables OpenAI to support the Pentagon's classified networks and securing government contracts via AWS GovCloud could attract large corporate clients.
- Amazon's investments complicate the landscape as it has invested at least $4 billion in Anthropic, whose Claude models are deeply integrated into Amazon Bedrock and AWS GovCloud.
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The contract allows OpenAI to provide support to the Pentagon in an agreement guaranteed at the end of last month, after the US government abandoned its former IA provider, Anthropic
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