OpenAI Daybreak

Daybreak is OpenAI's cybersecurity program, combining AI models, security products, partners and support for defenders. It covers finding vulnerabilities, validating them, generating patches and verifying remediation across code and systems.

Access is gated: individuals and organizations apply, and OpenAI verifies applicants and reviews their intended use before approving. Two tiers are described. Daybreak Blue is for defensive work such as vulnerability discovery, validation, remediation, threat modeling and security investigation. Daybreak Red is for authorized red teaming, penetration testing, exploit validation and controlled security research.

Related offerings include a Daybreak plugin, Daybreak Defense Factory for connected repositories, Daybreak Red Team, and the Codex Security CLI and SDK for terminal workflows and custom integrations. A Daybreak Defense Network lists partners building it into security products and managed services. OpenAI states a $1 billion commitment in subsidized access, training and support for frontline defenders (utilities, state and local government, community banks, nonprofits, open-source projects). Patch the Planet, run with Trail of Bits, Calif and HackerOne, helps open-source maintainers validate findings, test patches and coordinate disclosure. Commentators framed it as OpenAI's answer to Anthropic's Mythos. Pricing details were not given on the page.