Introducing OpenAI for Australia

今天， 我们 在 澳大利亚 推出 了 OpenAI for Australia ，这是一项全国性计划，旨在携手本地合作伙伴，释放 人工智能 对全国经济与社会的全部潜力。

人工智能是具有深远影响的基础性技术，能够支持增长、提升生产力并推动创新。为实现这一愿景， OpenAI 将通过 OpenAI for Australia —作为亚太地区首个 OpenAI for Countries 项目—与本地合作方合作，支持主权 AI 基础设施建设、提升澳大利亚劳动力技能，并加速本地蓬勃发展的 AI 生态系统。

OpenAI 首席执行官 Sam Altman 表示：“澳大利亚具备成为全球 AI 领导者的良好条件：深厚的技术人才、稳健的制度以及利用新技术提高生产力的明确目标。通过 OpenAI for Australia ，我们将着力加速所需的基础设施、劳动力技能与本地生态，以把这一机遇转化为长期的经济增长。”

构建澳大利亚下一代主权 AI 基础设施

今日， OpenAI 与 NEXTDC 签署了谅解备忘录（MoU），在 OpenAI for Australia 项目下推进主权 AI 基础设施合作。

根据备忘录， OpenAI 与 NEXTDC 将在悉尼 Eastern Creek 的 S7 场址共同规划、建设并运营下一代超大规模 AI 园区与大规模 GPU 超级集群。

OpenAI 计划作为初始用电方参与，该合作可在 OpenAI for Countries 计划框架下随时间规模化扩展，为澳大利亚提供支持政府、企业、科研与国家基础设施中敏感和关键任务工作负载所需的主权算力。

预计 S7 项目将带来显著经济收益，包括多年建筑施工带动数千个高技能及间接就业岗位、长期的 AI 与数字基础设施技术与运营岗位、为澳大利亚制造商、工程师与供应商带来更多商机、加速各行业与政府部门采用 AI，以及强化 STEM 与 AI 技能培养渠道。

与 CommBank 、 Coles 和 Wesfarmers 联手提升澳大利亚人技能

OpenAI 同日还宣布了一项新的技能提升计划，联手澳大利亚三大雇主与知名品牌 CommBank 、 Coles 和 Wesfarmers ，为超过 120 万名澳大利亚员工与小企业提供基础 AI 技能培训。

AI 为提升澳大利亚生产力、竞争力与长期经济增长提供了难得契机。要在规模上实现这一机遇，不仅需要基础设施，更关键的是劳动力是否具备在日常工作中使用这些工具的技能与信心。

通过 OpenAI Academy — OpenAI 用于普及 AI 素养的培训平台— Coles 与 Wesfarmers 将向各自全体员工推出量身定制的培训项目，帮助他们掌握在 AI 时代生存与发展的实用技能；而 CommBank 则会将其培训模块提供给澳大利亚约 100 万名小企业客户。

OpenAI 的内部 AI 专家团队将与这些机构紧密合作，开发针对澳大利亚真实场景的定制化学习模块。

与上述三家机构共同打造的 OpenAI Academy 课程将在 2026 年开始全国推广，成为澳大利亚历史上规模最大、最协同的 AI 技能提升行动之一。

CommBank 首席执行官 Matt Comyn 表示：“小企业是澳大利亚经济的中坚与社区的引擎，但许多小企业主告诉我们，他们没有时间或信心去探索 AI 如何帮助他们。我们希望每家小企业在创业、运营或扩展时，都能自信地使用包括 AI 在内的数字技术。”

加速澳大利亚科技创新

从 Canva 到 Atlassian 再到 SafetyCulture ，澳大利亚孕育了多家全球科技独角兽，就风险投资投入产出效率而言，澳大利亚每美元风投资金催生的十亿美元级创业公司数量居世界前列。

我们也看到这种创造力体现在澳大利亚企业采用先进 AI 并在我们的平台上开发新产品与服务的速度上。

为加速本土创新潜力， OpenAI 将在澳大利亚推出首个创业加速项目，联合本地领先风投机构，包括 Blackbird 、 Square Peg 与 AirTree 推出。

该项目将为入选创业公司提供最多 15,000 美元的 API 积分、来自 OpenAI 工程师与全球专家的技术指导，以及关于扩展、合规与安全的专题工作坊。参与技术工作坊的创业公司还可获得额外积分。

OpenAI 还将在澳大利亚设立年度 Founder Day ，汇聚新一代澳大利亚创业者，进行产品深度研讨、演示与实操指导，支持他们与 OpenAI 一同成长。

Today, we’re launching OpenAI for Australia, a nationwide initiative bringing OpenAI together with local partners to unlock the full economic and societal benefits of artificial intelligence across the country.

AI is a foundational technology with the potential to support growth, lift productivity, and fuel innovation. To help realize this vision, OpenAI will work with local partners through OpenAI for Australia—the first OpenAI for Countries program in the Asia Pacific region—to support sovereign AI infrastructure, upskill Australians, and accelerate Australia’s thriving local AI ecosystem.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said, “Australia is well placed to be a global leader in AI, with deep technical talent, strong institutions and a clear ambition to use new technology to lift productivity. Through OpenAI for Australia, we are focused on accelerating the infrastructure, workforce skills and local ecosystem needed to turn that opportunity into long-term economic growth.”

Building the next generation of sovereign AI infrastructure in Australia

OpenAI today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NEXTDC to develop a sovereign AI infrastructure partnership under the OpenAI for Australia program.

Through the MoU, OpenAI and NEXTDC will collaborate on the planning, development and operation of a next-generation hyperscale AI campus and large-scale GPU supercluster at NEXTDC’s S7 site in Eastern Creek, Sydney.

OpenAI intends to be an initial offtaker with the option to scale over time under the OpenAI for Countries program. This would provide Australia with the sovereign compute capacity needed to support sensitive and mission-critical workloads across government, enterprise, research and national infrastructure.

S7 is expected to deliver significant economic benefits, including multi-year construction activity supporting thousands of skilled and indirect jobs, long-term technical and operational roles in AI and digital infrastructure, expanded opportunities for Australian manufacturers, engineers and suppliers, accelerated AI adoption across industry and government, and strengthened STEM and AI-skills development pathways.

Upskilling Australians alongside CommBank, Coles, and Wesfarmers

OpenAI also today announced a new skills initiative, joining forces with CommBank, Coles and Wesfarmers—three of Australia’s largest employers and most trusted household names—to roll out essential AI skills training to more than 1.2 million Australian workers and small businesses.

AI represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lift Australia’s productivity, competitiveness and long-term economic growth. Realising that opportunity at scale depends not just on infrastructure, but on whether Australia’s workforce has the skills and confidence to use these tools in everyday work. 

Through OpenAI Academy, OpenAI’s AI-literacy training platform designed to make foundational AI skills accessible to everyone, Coles and Wesfarmers will rollout tailored training programs to their entire workforces, equipping them with the practical skills they need to thrive in the AI era, while Commonwealth Bank will make their training modules available for 1 million small business customers across Australia.

OpenAI’s in-house team of AI experts will work closely with these organisations to develop bespoke learning modules tailored to real-world Australian use cases.

Nationwide rollout of OpenAI Academy courses, created with these three organisations, will begin in 2026, marking one of the largest coordinated AI-skills initiatives in Australia’s history.

CommBank CEO Matt Comyn said, “Small businesses are the backbone of Australia’s economy and the engine of our communities, but too many small business owners tell us they simply don’t have the time or confidence to explore how AI could help them. We want every small business to feel confident using digital technologies such as AI, whether they’re starting, running, or growing their business.”

Accelerating Australian tech innovation

From Canva to Atlassian to SafetyCulture, Australia is home to some of the biggest start-up success stories in global tech, producing more billion-dollar startups per VC dollar than any other country in the world. 

We’re seeing that ingenuity show up in how quickly Australian businesses are adopting advanced AI and creating new products and services on top of our platform.

To accelerate Australia’s potential for home-grown innovation, OpenAI will launch its first startup program in Australia, delivered in partnership with leading Australian venture capital firms including Blackbird, Square Peg and AirTree. 

Through this program, OpenAI will provide participating start-ups with up to USD $15,000 in API credits, technical mentorship from OpenAI engineers and global experts, and access to workshops on scaling, compliance and safety. Startups can also receive additional credits when they participate in technical workshops.

OpenAI is also launching an annual Founder Day in Australia to bring together the next generation of Australian entrepreneurs for hands-on product deep dives, demos and guidance as they build alongside OpenAI.

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