OpenAI has reportedly signed a partnership with AWS to distribute its AI products to U.S. government agencies for both classified and unclassified work. This expands OpenAI's federal presence beyond its recent Pentagon deal and puts it in direct competition with Anthropic, which has a deep existing relationship with AWS and uses it as its primary cloud provider. The move comes amid ongoing tensions between Anthropic and the Department of Defense, after Anthropic was designated a supply chain risk and subsequently sued the Pentagon. The OpenAI-AWS deal could also unlock broader enterprise contracts, as government partnerships signal trust and reliability to commercial customers.
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