Scale AI is the latest technology provider to join the DOE’s Genesis Mission Consortium as the agency continues building up its roster of private-sector partners.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 28: The headquarters for the US Department of Energy (DOE) at Federal Office Building 5, now known as the James V. Forrestal Building on May 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
The agency’s chief information officer said her team’s workforce enablement tools are helping the crew behind the Genesis Mission do their jobs faster and better.
National Nuclear Security Administration leader Brandon Williams (right) was among the panelists during a session at Amazon Web Service’s summit in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2026. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
Administrator Brandon Williams said cloud services help the government keep pace with industry, as the agency announced its first enterprise environment for secret/restricted data.
US President Donald Trump (C) speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Genesis Mission Lead Darío Gil among those in attendance. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
The three main priorities of the project include a competition to develop systems, a supercomputing facility for engineers and targeted research to advance scientific use cases.
Takehiko Matsuo, vice minister for international affairs at Japan’s METI; Darío Gil, DOE under secretary for science and Genesis Mission lead; and Yasuyoshi Kakita, vice minister for policy coordination at Japan’s MEXT during a press event Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Energy Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)
The Department of Energy’s national labs have already partnered up with Japanese research institutions to form working groups that will focus on a subset of AI challenges.
While a specific dollar amount remains elusive, the agency is rallying Congress and industry for more resources to fuel the initiative centered on AI, quantum and high-performance…