Research noteResearched 22 Oct 2026 · published 22 Oct 2026, 17:14 IST

Research note: OpenAI’s models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud’s Model Garden

How we checked the OpenAI and Google Cloud announcement and what is still missing.

Research led by Mayank Sahu

Compiled with AI assistance (Claude by Anthropic)

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At a glance

1searches run

3sources read

2sources used

4facts labelled

Mixedevidence strength · 2 of 3 facts (67%)

How we rate evidence: Some facts are confirmed, others rest on one report or on the company’s own claims. We count the share of known facts labelled Confirmed or Reported: 70% or more is Strong, 40–69% Mixed, below 40% Limited.

From sources to story

How many sources we read, how many we used, and how many are official or archived.

Read3Every source we opened

Used2Relied on for the story

Cited2Linked in the story

Official1From the company or a public body

Archived2Saved on the Internet Archive

How sure we are, fact by fact

211

Reported · 2 — Two or more independent, named outlets say it.
Unconfirmed · 1 — One report only, shown with its source.
Not known · 1 — Not announced or not answered yet.

Evidence map

Each row is a fact from the story; each column is a source. A filled dot means that source supports the fact.

Fact	Label	1OFF	2OUT
OpenAI’s frontier models and Codex workflows are coming to Google Cloud’s Model Garden.	Reported
OpenAI models will “soon” be available in Google Antigravity and the Gemini Agent.	Reported
Customers buy via Google Cloud Marketplace and can apply existing commitments.	Unconfirmed
Which models, prices, regions and launch date.	Not known

Question

What we set out to check

What OpenAI and Google Cloud announced, how customers will buy, and which details are still missing.

Findings

What we found

OpenAI’s developer forum post confirms models and Codex are coming to Model Garden, and Antigravity and Gemini Agent “soon”.
ANI adds the Marketplace and commitment details and quotes from Brockman and Kurian.
Neither names models, prices or dates.

Discrepancies

Numbers that differ

None.

Method

Labels we chose and why

Reported for the core announcement, in both sources.
Unconfirmed for the Marketplace and commitments detail, seen only in ANI.

Open questions

What we could not verify

OpenAI’s full announcement page, which the forum post links to.

Can you help confirm one of these? Send us a source. When we find an answer, we update this note and the story, with the date.

Next steps

How we could improve this

Read the full OpenAI and Google Cloud posts, and update with models and prices at launch.

Research timeline

Research22 Oct 2026
Research note published22 Oct 2026, 17:14 IST
Story published22 Oct 2026, 17:24 IST

What we searched

OpenAI models Google Cloud Vertex Model Garden Codex

Every source we read

Source	Used?	Why
OpenAI Developer Community Archived copy	USED	OpenAI’s own announcement post.
ANI Archived copy	USED	Quotes and Marketplace detail.
AICoder	NOT USED	Summary.

Sources cited in the story

Research notes show our working. They are not peer-reviewed papers. Data: facts as JSON · How we report