Google Cloud expands model choice and flexibility, bringing OpenAI models to customers

Google Cloud is adding OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna models to its model garden, giving enterprise customers a choice of models on one platform.

• The company says it is now the only hyperscale cloud provider offering access to all three leading closed source LLMs, alongside more than 200 first-party, third-party and open models.
• Google describes Astra as built for demanding work across coding, computer use, professional tasks and scientific research, Sol as near-Astra intelligence at lower cost, and Luna as a fast, cost-efficient model for everyday work at scale.
• Because the OpenAI models are transacted through Google Cloud Marketplace, usage appears on a single Google Cloud invoice, draws down existing cloud commitments and counts toward Flexible Savings Plans across model providers.
• The three models are rolling out now in private preview to select enterprise customers, and customers can build with them through Google Cloud APIs and connect local Codex CLI and Desktop workflows to the Gemini platform for inference.