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OpenAI is now partnering with a major federal contractor working closely with DHS
https://gizmodo.com/openai-partners-with-major-government-contractor-to-transform-federal-operations-2000713751OpenAI Partners with Major Government Contractor to ‘Transform Federal Operations’
Leidos is a prolific government contractor with a "strong relationship with DHS."
By Mike Pearl
Published January 24, 2026
According to a press release from Thursday, OpenAI has just partnered with a major government contractor called Leidos to “deploy artificial intelligence in support of national priorities, including boosting the efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies.” The headline of the release described what Leidos and OpenAI are doing as “deploying AI to transform federal operations.”
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According to a 2023 statement from Roy Stevens, president of what Leidos calls it’s “Homeland Sector,” the company has a “strong relationship with DHS.” Leidos’ roles at the time included, according to Stevens, “supporting cross-agency intelligence sharing and secure collaboration for federal and civilian agencies,” in the interest of helping “DHS accomplish their mission of safeguarding the homeland.”
Before this Leidos partnership, there was already an OpenAI product called OpenAI for Government. In the OpenAI blog post announcing OpenAI for Government, OpenAI indicated that it had won a contract with the Pentagon “with a $200 million ceiling.” Prior to that contract, OpenAI had government contracts across “U.S. National Labs, the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, NIH, and the Treasury.”
Gizmodo reached out to OpenAI for comment about Leidos’ work with the Department of Homeland Security—noting that it is the umbrella organization of the controversial agencies Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (which includes Border Patrol), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We will update if we hear back.
Leidos is a prolific government contractor with a "strong relationship with DHS."
By Mike Pearl
Published January 24, 2026
According to a press release from Thursday, OpenAI has just partnered with a major government contractor called Leidos to “deploy artificial intelligence in support of national priorities, including boosting the efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies.” The headline of the release described what Leidos and OpenAI are doing as “deploying AI to transform federal operations.”
-snip-
According to a 2023 statement from Roy Stevens, president of what Leidos calls it’s “Homeland Sector,” the company has a “strong relationship with DHS.” Leidos’ roles at the time included, according to Stevens, “supporting cross-agency intelligence sharing and secure collaboration for federal and civilian agencies,” in the interest of helping “DHS accomplish their mission of safeguarding the homeland.”
Before this Leidos partnership, there was already an OpenAI product called OpenAI for Government. In the OpenAI blog post announcing OpenAI for Government, OpenAI indicated that it had won a contract with the Pentagon “with a $200 million ceiling.” Prior to that contract, OpenAI had government contracts across “U.S. National Labs, the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, NIH, and the Treasury.”
Gizmodo reached out to OpenAI for comment about Leidos’ work with the Department of Homeland Security—noting that it is the umbrella organization of the controversial agencies Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (which includes Border Patrol), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We will update if we hear back.
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