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.

Daybreak for America brings together all of OpenAI’s U.S. work to protect systems Americans rely on daily, including a new pilot with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). More than 35 enterprise products and partner-operated services are part of the Daybreak Defense Network.

Many defenders operate with limited staff and budgets while defending complex, aging systems. As AI-enabled cyber attacks become more widespread, OpenAI is acting to close security gaps. The commitment prioritizes operators of essential services like water, electricity, and local government, targeting consumption over the next six months.

OpenAI plans to expand this model to partner countries, building on support already provided to infrastructure defenders facing urgent threats.