Google to provide Gemini AI tools to federal agencies for 47 cents

Google will provide a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services to federal agencies for 47 cents each, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced Thursday. 

Federal agencies will have access to Gemini for Government at the discounted price through 2026. The announcement follows similar moves by OpenAI and Anthropic to offer their AI products to the government for $1 a year. 

“Federal agencies can now significantly transform their operations by using the tools in ‘Gemini for Government', thanks to this agreement with Google and the Trump Administration’s leadership revolutionizing AI for the U.S. government,” acting GSA Administrator Michael Rigas said in a statement.  

The agency added Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude to its government purchasing system earlier this month, opening up the AI models for purchase and use by federal agencies. xAI’s Grok was also added to the purchasing schedule in July. 

The push to make these models accessible comes after President Trump unveiled his AI Action Plan last month, calling to accelerate the technology’s adoption in the federal government. 

Google and the GSA previously reached an agreement in April to offer the tech giant’s Workspace tools to agencies at a 71 percent discount. 

“Building on our Workspace offer for federal employees, Gemini for Government gives federal agencies access to our full stack approach to AI innovation, including tools like NotebookLM and Veo powered by our latest models and our secure cloud infrastructure, so they can deliver on their important missions,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement.