OpenAI, Google (GOOGL.US) and Anthropic Enter US Government AI Supplier List
It has been learned by Zhongtong Finance APP that the central procurement department of the US government will approve OpenAI, Alphabet's (GOOGL.US) subsidiary Google, and Anthropic as artificial intelligence (AI) suppliers on its list, which will pave the way for the widespread use of this technology in federal agencies.
The General Services Administration (GSA) will announce this decision on Tuesday through its "Multiple Award Schedule" procurement platform, providing these AI tools to accelerate the process of adopting artificial intelligence technology by the federal government. The procurement platform has pre-set standard contract terms, which would normally require several months of negotiation for each agency to agree on the terms of using these technologies.
GSA officials say that all three companies' models - OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude - have passed multiple evaluations in performance and security aspects.
The agency has not yet revealed the contract terms. However, the agency has used its procurement advantages to negotiate deep discounts with leading software suppliers such as Adobe (ADBE.US), Salesforce (CRM.US) and Google, among others.
Other leading AI companies will also be considered for inclusion in this procurement platform. Officials say that the first three suppliers are just further along in the procurement process.
GSA Deputy Director Stephen Ehikian said: "We're not trying to pick a winner or loser. Our goal is to provide as many tools as possible to all federal government employees to improve their work efficiency as much as possible. Different cases will have different tools."
Just days ago, US President Donald Trump signed three executive orders aimed at reshaping the government's role in the AI domain, including requiring federal agencies to only purchase "bias-free" language models.
The inclusion of the three companies' models in the Multiple Award Schedule means that federal officials can now start using large-scale language models previously limited to small pilot projects or national security purposes. The Pentagon has already granted AI contracts to OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI, which are unrelated to GSA's announcement on Tuesday.
GSA officials say that many agencies, including the US Department of Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management, have expressed interest in using this new platform. During the previous presidential term, federal agencies explored various potential AI applications, such as processing patent applications, detecting tax fraud, reviewing grant applications, and proofreading news articles.