White House backs Genesis Mission with over $5B and cloud credits from Microsoft and Google
ns123abc · x · 2026-07-23
The White House says the Genesis Mission will receive more than $5 billion in federal commitments and bring together 15+ agencies on 16 science challenges ranging from pediatric cancer and grid scaling to microelectronics and nuclear signature attribution.
- Awardees get the American Science Cloud.
- Microsoft is committing $60 million total, including $40M in Azure credits and $20M in engineering services.
- Google is committing $40 million in AI tokens and cloud credits, plus access to parts of the DeepMind portfolio and one free year of Gemini for DOE researchers.
- The DOE calls it the largest response to a funding opportunity in its history, positioning the effort as a national AI-for-science push.
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