Google Cloud has announced the addition of OpenAI models to its Model Garden catalog, with access now gradually becoming available to selected companies in private preview. The integration expands the AI tools available to enterprise customers and is intended to simplify model use through unified billing and security tooling.

According to Google Cloud, it is the only major cloud provider offering access to three leading closed large language models on one enterprise AI platform. Model Garden includes more than 200 first-party, third-party and open models.

Three OpenAI models added

Google Cloud added three OpenAI models to the catalog:

• GPT-6 Astra, designed for complex coding tasks, computer use, professional workflows and scientific research;
• GPT-6.1 Sol, which offers capabilities close to Astra at a lower cost for agentic coding, computer use and professional tasks; and
• GPT-6 Luna, a faster and more cost-efficient model for everyday tasks at scale.

OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Sol and Luna with lower usage costs in late September, according to the source.

Customers will be able to select and switch between models based on performance, latency and task-execution costs. Usage of OpenAI models through Google Cloud Marketplace will appear on customers’ Google Cloud bills, while spending will count toward existing cloud commitments and the Flexible Savings Plans program.

Data protection and availability

Google Cloud says customer prompts, context and outputs will remain within the designated data processing environment and will not be used to train the base models.

The company has also provisioned isolated infrastructure for running OpenAI models, secure request gateways, interaction authentication and centralized audit logging. Support for Confidential Compute and Zero Data Retention options is expected later.

Yashodha Bhavnani, Box’s vice president of AI products, said the integration would give customers access to OpenAI’s models alongside Google Cloud’s security and compliance tools. She said this would help companies use enterprise data more effectively and streamline workflows.

The models are currently available to selected enterprise customers through a private preview. Companies can use them through APIs and connect local Codex CLI and Desktop workflows to the Gemini platform to run requests.

Google Cloud also plans to integrate OpenAI models into Gemini for Business and Google Antigravity.

Source: Incrypted