DOE Genesis Mission: 24 AI Organizations Sign Collaboration Agreements, $293M RFA for AI-Driven Science Challenges

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The U.S. Department of Energy announced formal collaboration agreements with 24 organizations — including OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Google DeepMind — under the Genesis Mission, a national AI-for-science initiative spanning advanced manufacturing, biotech, critical materials, nuclear energy, and quantum information science. DOE simultaneously issued a $293M Request for Applications inviting interdisciplinary teams to address 26 named science and technology challenges using frontier AI models. This is the most concrete government-AI lab coordination mechanism announced to date.