Daybreak for Frontline Defenders: $1B to protect essential services OpenAI is committing $1 billion in subsidized Daybreak access, training, technical support, and partnerships to help frontline defenders protect essential services. Today OpenAI is introducing Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, a new global initiative to help frontline defenders use frontier AI cyber capabilities to protect essential services in the United States and around the world. The initiative includes: - A $1 billion global commitment to expand subsidized access to Daybreak cyber models and products, training, technical support, and partnerships in the United States and internationally. - Daybreak for America, bringing together all of OpenAI’s U.S. work to protect the systems Americans rely on every day—from water and electricity to local government and banking—including a new pilot with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). - More than 35 enterprise products and partner-operated services through the Daybreak Defense Network, bringing Daybreak cyber models into the tools, services, and workflows enterprise defenders already use. Every day, we depend on cyber defenders to protect the systems that keep communities running: the water coming from the tap, the electricity powering homes and businesses, the local government systems that deliver public services, and the financial institutions people trust with their money. Many operate with limited staff and budgets, while defending complex and aging systems. In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable. That shift puts every organization on notice. Defenders need to act now: test systems, find weaknesses, and strengthen defenses before attackers do. Frontier AI can help defenders move faster. We have a defender’s window: a narrowing opportunity to use AI to close security gaps before attackers seize them. Our role is to help put powerful tools in defenders’ hands so