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OpenAI Awarded $200 Million US Defense Contract

by Sneha Singh
June 18, 2025
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OpenAI has officially entered the government sector with a bang, landing its first major contract with the U.S. Department of Defense worth up to $200 million. The artificial intelligence company will spend the next year developing what officials call “prototype frontier AI capabilities” to tackle critical national security challenges.

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The contract represents a significant milestone for OpenAI, marking its debut partnership with the Pentagon. According to the DoD’s announcement, the work will focus on both warfighting applications and broader enterprise needs across the defense establishment. Most of the development will take place in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including nearby counties in Maryland and Virginia.

What OpenAI Will Actually Do

The scope of work goes far beyond just military applications. OpenAI plans to help modernize how the Defense Department handles everything from healthcare for service members and their families to streamlining program and acquisition data. The company will also support proactive cybersecurity defense efforts.

“This contract, with a $200 million ceiling, will bring OpenAI’s industry-leading expertise to help the Defense Department identify and prototype how frontier AI can transform its administrative operations,” OpenAI explained in its announcement.

OpenAI wins $200 million US defense contract
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The new “OpenAI For Government” initiative will provide federal, state, and local governments access to the company’s latest AI models through specialized platforms called ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Gov. For particularly sensitive national security applications, OpenAI will develop custom models on a limited basis.

Building on Previous Defense Partnerships

This isn’t OpenAI’s first foray into defense work. Last year, the company announced a partnership with Anduril Industries, the defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey. That collaboration aimed to combine OpenAI’s advanced models like GPT-4o with Anduril’s hardware systems to improve U.S. military defenses against drone attacks.

Interestingly, neither OpenAI nor the Pentagon mentioned the Anduril partnership or drone defense capabilities in today’s announcements, suggesting this new contract may focus on different areas entirely.

A Much-Needed Revenue Stream

For OpenAI, this government contract is a new source of income in total at a critical juncture. The firm has only recently released optimistic forecasts for its growth trajectory, claiming that it will swell from roughly $10 billion in present revenues to $125 billion within four years. The firm has been cagey, however, on precisely how it anticipates generating such explosive growth.

OpenAI makes money presently from a range of sources: the consumer version of ChatGPT, corporate services to businesses, and its application programming interface used by other businesses to create AI-based applications. Despite this diversified business model, the company’s finances remain difficult.

OpenAI used close to $5 billion in 2024 and generated only about $4 billion in revenues, which is a pointer towards the enormous cost of developing and sustaining advanced AI systems. The enormous cost of cloud computing and computing resources that the firm has been incurring has raised questions as to whether it has a sustainable path towards profitability.

Financing and Future Challenges

The company is not lacking investor confidence, at least for the short term. OpenAI just concluded a massive $40 billion funding round that values the company at more than $300 billion. The company also launched the ambitious $500 billion Stargate program last month, which aims to construct more computing infrastructure in the US.

But all is not going smoothly. OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, its nearest partner and largest investor, has apparently soured. That could make future development and funding more difficult.

The Defense Department contract provides OpenAI with upfront revenue and evidence of the practical use of its technology in the real world. As the battle for AI intensifies, government contracts will become increasingly valuable for companies that wish to diversify their top lines and prove the usefulness of their technology.

For the Pentagon, the partnership is part of a broader attempt to modernize the military and keep up with other nations that are investing heavily in developing AI capabilities. The one-year agreement will be a test case to determine whether OpenAI’s technology can provide meaningful improvements to defense operations.

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