Strengthening America’s AI leadership with the U.S. National Laboratories

OpenAI said on January 30, 2025 it signed an agreement with the U.S. National Laboratories to deploy o1 or another o-series model on Venado, an NVIDIA supercomputer at Los Alamos, for a system that includes about 15,000 scientists. The resource will be shared across Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia for science, cybersecurity, energy, and nuclear-security work; the key detail is that nuclear and broader CBRN use cases will receive selective review and safety consultation from OpenAI researchers with security clearances.

Why it matters: Strong HKR-H/K/R: the national-lab + nuclear-review angle is clickable, and the post adds concrete facts—15,000 scientists, Venado, three labs, and selective CBRN review. Not P1 because this is a partnership deployment, not a new model release or major capability jump.