OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity near approval to host AI directly for the U.S. government (exclusive)

The shift would let them bypass partners like Palantir and Microsoft and work with the federal government directly.

Three AI companies—OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity—are on the verge of receiving approval to sell their technology, hosted on their own cloud systems, directly to the U.S. government, a person familiar with the matter tells Fast Company. That authorization will be on a “low impact” and pilot level, the person says, but constitutes a major step toward independence.