---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy"
description: "OpenAI and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen collaboration on AI and advanced computing in support of scientific discovery. The."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/us-department-of-energy-collaboration"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "benchmark", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-12-18"
category: "benchmark"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 76
confidence: 0.9
---

# Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy

# Claim

OpenAI and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen collaboration on AI and advanced computing in support of scientific discovery. The agreement builds on ongoing work with national laboratories and helps establish a framework for applying AI to high-impact research across the DOE ecosystem.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section one: model and benchmark capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This belongs in the register because benchmark and model-release claims set the ceiling for the next wave of deployment stories. The labour-market effect is indirect today, but it becomes direct when these gains are packaged into agents, APIs, and enterprise tools.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: benchmark
* Sector: Public sector
* Capability: Model and benchmark capability movement
* Cope score: 76
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy](https://openai.com/index/us-department-of-energy-collaboration)