California State University — OpenAI ChatGPT Edu (2025)
OpenAI supplies ChatGPT Edu to more than 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty and staff across all 23 CSU campuses, the largest single-organization ChatGPT deployment. The $16.9 million covers the 18-month contract.
Contract facts
Source per value- DateDate the contract, order or partnership was announced or agreed, as stated in the cited source (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty when the source gives only a month or a year.
- 2025-02-041
- BuyerThe purchasing organisation or named customer.
- California State University1
- VendorThe contracting supplier or AI provider, as named in the source.
- OpenAI1
- SectorGovernment for public-sector buyers (defence, intelligence, civil agencies, health services); Enterprise for companies.
- Government
- Value $Dollar value exactly as the source states it: an award, order, licence fee or customer commitment. Empty when undisclosed. The summary says what the figure covers; figures can include non-AI services.
- $16,900,0003
- Term as statedThe term in the source's words when it gives no figure, for example multi-year.
- 18 months (February 2025 to July 2026), with an option to extend4
- Product or programThe AI product, model, platform or program supplied.
- ChatGPT Edu1
- Users covered peopleEmployees or clinicians covered, as stated (a floor where the source says more than).
- 523,0002
Sources
- news.csun.edu accessed 2026-11-11
- campustechnology.com accessed 2026-11-11
- getcoai.com accessed 2026-11-11
- csuchico.edu accessed 2026-11-11
Dollar figures are stated in the source’s own currency and are not converted. Read the summary for what a figure covers.
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