White House announces $6B Genesis Mission with $2.4B in tech firm compute credits

The White House announced a $6 billion initiative to drive U.S.-led scientific research and technological innovation as part of the Genesis Mission, unveiled at the AI Science Summit. The effort includes commitments from federal agencies and 11 leading tech firms.

Eleven tech firms pledged a combined $2.4 billion in compute credits to support the Genesis Mission Consortium, which will assist over 15 federal agencies working on National Science & Technology Challenges. The commitments include $1 billion from Nvidia, $500 million from AMD, and $200 million from OpenAI. Anthropic and Google each pledged $150 million, while AMP and Emerald AI each committed $100 million. Amazon Web Services, Armada, Crusoe, and Micron each pledged $50 million.

Federal agencies also announced new funding opportunities and partnerships. The Pentagon committed to establishing an enterprise-wide framework to measure and enhance the effectiveness of its laboratories and research centers, alongside up to $350 million for quantum computing initiatives to strengthen national security capabilities.

The Energy Department announced $159 million in new phase II Genesis Mission project awards, $96 million for early-career researchers, and a new graduate fellowship program. The department also outlined efforts to advance fault-tolerant quantum computers.

The White House framed the Genesis Mission as part of a broader push to usher in 'the Golden Age of American Innovation,' as detailed in a July report from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.