# The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support

The commitment doubles OpenAI's previous support to expand the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program across US newsrooms.

- The commitment includes $5 million in funding alongside up to $5 million in software credits and engineering support.
- The program embeds full-time AI technologists into local news organizations to build practical newsroom tools and governance policies.
- The Lenfest Institute will adapt projects developed by fellows into reusable tools, frameworks, and plugins for broader newsroom adoption.

## Why it matters

Participating local newsrooms receive sponsored technical staff and compute credits to implement custom AI workflows and infrastructure.

## Sources

- [OpenAI: The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support](https://openai.com/index/lenfest-ai-collaborative-expansion)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-28. https://dstilled.ai/story/7cd4b225-f8f9-49e8-beae-3edf7933ea97