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THE RIVALS' SHELF

By Zimbo · October 21, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Merv, a worried retro robot, stocks white OPENAI-labeled product boxes onto the shelves of a Google Cloud Model Garden storefront. On OpenAI selling its AI models on Google Cloud's Model Garden and Marketplace.
OpenAI will sell its frontier AI models and the Codex coding agent on Google Cloud's Model Garden and Marketplace — deepening ties between the two arch-rivals after OpenAI's exclusive Microsoft distribution deal expired in April. (Reuters, CNBC)Zimbo for AI News Page

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