Scientists today face challenges of extraordinary scale and complexity. From shaping and simulating the convoluted dynamics of fusion plasma, through exploring the enormous search space for novel materials, to understanding exabytes of data flowing from the most advanced experimental facilities in the world. The demands placed on state-of-the-art research are unprecedented. Frontier AI can aid address these challenges while accelerating scientific breakthroughs.
In December, we shared our commitment to the White House Mission Genesis — a nationwide effort to leverage artificial intelligence and double the pace of American scientific discovery within a decade. Google DeepMind (GDM) has since announced an early access program that brings AI-powered scientific tools to all 17 Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories and Google’s public sector shared, like Gemini for the government could serve as an artificial intelligence framework for the DOE.
Today at the DOE Genesis Mission Summit 2026, we are expanding that scope by committing $40 million in AI tokens and cloud credits to researchers supporting the Genesis Mission.
Frontier AI tools for scientific discovery
As part of this expanded commitment, we will first provide DOE Genesis Mission winners with in-kind access to GDM’s pioneering portfolio of artificial intelligence for science, including:
- AlphaEvolve – Gemini-based coding and discovery agent for designing advanced algorithms.
- AlphaFold 3 — a model for predicting the structure and interactions of proteins and other biomolecules.
- AlphaGenome — a tool for understanding how variation in DNA, including the non-coding genome, shapes biology and disease.
- WeatherNext — a state-of-the-art family of AI weather forecast models for mapping weather conditions.
- AlphaEarth Foundations — the foundational artificial intelligence model that enables us to map and understand our planet in unprecedented detail.
Second, we will make Gemini available for government jobs and tokens for one year to tens of thousands of users across DOE National Laboratories operations, research and management teams. This secure platform supports the full scope of work, from the test bench to the administration of specialized user facilities serving the entire scientific community, providing one secure foundation on which DOE’s mission can rely.
Artificial intelligence for scientific tools in action across the entire laboratory ecosystem
While we still have a long way to go, the practical impact of the Genesis mission is already starting to come to life across the lab ecosystem.
On Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)senior scientist Dr. Henry Kvinge uses AlphaEvolve to map enormous mathematical systems that are too convoluted for humans to study by hand. Artificial intelligence automatically discovers hidden connections, allowing for rapid discoveries that would normally take researchers years to find.
“Modern mathematics is based on abstractions, but combinatorics offers concrete models that make it easier to understand complex geometry and algebra. We found that systems like AlphaEvolve are ideal for such explorations,” said Dr. Kvinge. “By leveraging the LLM’s extensive mathematical knowledge, we can automate the study of countless angles. We are still experimenting, but the discoveries are already shaping our future research.”
On Rocky Mountain National Laboratory (NLR)researchers are using Gemini to fundamentally change the way they interact with physical laboratory equipment. Dr. Steven R. Spurgeon, senior materials data scientist at NLR, leads a pioneering program in autonomous materials discovery.
“Our collaboration has allowed us to build autonomous capacity to conduct experiments,” said Dr. Spurgeon. “By implementing Gemini on our instruments, we reduced the microscope calibration time from over 90 minutes to approximately 13 minutes (eight times faster) and reduced the number of manual steps needed to sharpen the image from as many as 50 to two. This is time and attention that we have given to the science itself, enabling truly autonomous workflows that observe, reason and make decisions in real time. This has helped us explore areas of the materials design space that we simply could not reach through human operation.” “manual”.
Powering American Innovation
Mission Genesis represents an opportunity to transform research and science across America. By providing access to advanced artificial intelligence tools, we want to aid scientists accelerate breakthroughs in key energy, security and science challenges. To learn more about how AI capabilities can support your research initiatives, join us at an upcoming event Google Public Sector Summit in October.