According to OpenAI, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to leverage AI to accelerate scientific development (source: OpenAI). OpenAI stated the announcement focuses on applying AI to science and does not reference cryptocurrencies or blockchain, indicating no direct crypto-market linkage in the release (source: OpenAI). OpenAI’s disclosure identifies a formal collaboration framework but provides only the MOU announcement, so no on-chain or token-specific catalysts were identified by the source in this statement (source: OpenAI).