New federal portal America.gov goes live, officially said to run on Gemini and Grok
A federal portal running commercial frontier models marks a shift to public-facing government AI; vendors have not confirmed, and contract details remain undisclosed.
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The Trump administration's new website America.gov went live on the morning of September 29, and its chatbot is powered by Google's Gemini and Grok from Elon Musk's xAI.
The claim comes from U.S. Chief Design Officer and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, who told CNBC shortly before launch that "we have great partners behind the scenes." The site was unveiled at a Washington event attended by President Trump and Vice President Vance.
Gebbia said 40 million people interact with a government website every day trying to get something done. Google and xAI, which was acquired by SpaceX and renamed SpaceXAI, had not responded to CNBC's requests for comment; the model split, contract and cost details are undisclosed.