Trump's $1 Trillion Defense Budget Meets $1 AI Access: Sam Altman And ChatGPT Land U.S. Government Partnership
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced a landmark partnership with the U.S. General Services Administration that will give federal agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency for the next year, as part of President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan. The initiative provides federal employees with secure access to OpenAI’s frontier models, training resources, and advanced features, while ensuring that agency data will not be used for model training. Supported by partners like Slalom and Boston Consulting Group, the program aims to boost government productivity by reducing time spent on administrative tasks, with early pilots already showing significant time savings. The deal marks the first major step under OpenAI for Government, a broader program unifying federal, state, and local collaborations, including national labs, NASA, and the Department of Defense, which has a $200 million pilot focused on healthcare, cyber defense, and administrative operations. This effort follows other AI infrastructure initiatives between Altman and Trump, such as the Stargate data center project, underscoring the administration’s push to integrate advanced AI tools across public service.