Key facts
- National Compute will donate $100 million in computing credits to the Trump administration.
- The credits will support the Genesis mission, which uses AI to accelerate scientific discovery.
- The donation aims to provide researchers access to advanced computing resources.
- National Compute is building a network called the National Compute Grid to pool computing capacity.
National Compute, a new company that has pooled computing power from major tech companies, plans to donate $100 million worth of computing credits to the Trump administration to be used to advance scientific discovery. The credits are expected to be announced Thursday at an event with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios. They will support the administration's Genesis mission, a government-wide push to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery, according to two people familiar with the matter. The donation would give Genesis Mission researchers access to advanced computing resources at a time when smaller labs and companies can struggle to secure capacity for frontier research, as major providers often prioritize long-term contracts with the largest AI labs. National Compute is building what it calls the National Compute Grid, a network intended to pool computing capacity from multiple providers and make it available to researchers, companies and government agencies. A draft paper explaining the project compares the grid to the power grid or interstate highway system, and describes it as a shared network connecting resources that are currently isolated.