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White House Unveils Billions in Investments for Genesis Mission
On Thursday, National Compute announced it plans to donate $100 million in computing credits to the Trump administration to support the Genesis Mission, a government-wide effort to harness artificial intelligence for accelerating scientific discovery.
President Donald Trump launched the Genesis Mission in November 2025 to "train scientific foundation models and create AI agents" to test hypotheses and accelerate scientific breakthroughs. The initiative aims to double U.S. science productivity within a decade.
The National Compute Grid aggregates computing capacity from multiple providers to help researchers struggling to secure infrastructure often monopolized by major tech companies and AI developers under long-term contracts.
Co-Founder Anjney Midha said the move could help more AI companies emerge, arguing, "We think there should be thousands more Anthropics and OpenAI's" competing in the field.
Expanding access further, National Compute will allow users with.gov,.mil, and.edu accounts to request access, providing each eligible public-sector user with $100 in compute credits separate from the Genesis contribution.