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Form 497K VALIC Co I

September 28, 2021 3:15 PM EDT
Summary Prospectus
October 1, 2021
VALIC Company I
Government Money Market I Fund
(Ticker: VCIXX)
The Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated October 1, 2021, as amended and supplemented from time to time, and the most recent shareholder reports are incorporated into and made part of this Summary Prospectus by reference. The Fund is offered only to registered and unregistered separate accounts of The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company and its affiliates and to qualifying retirement plans and IRAs and is not intended for use by other investors.
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Statutory Prospectus and the above-incorporated information online at http://valic.onlineprospectus.net/VALIC/FundDocuments/index.html. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-448-2542 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities, nor has it determined that this Summary Prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks liquidity, protection of capital and current income through investments in short-term money market instruments.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and the example below do not reflect the separate account fees charged in the variable annuity or variable life insurance policy (“Variable Contracts”) in which the Fund is offered. If separate account fees were shown, the Fund’s annual operating expenses would be higher. Please see your Variable Contract prospectus for more details on the separate account fees.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees

0.40%
Other Expenses

0.14%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.54%
Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements1

0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements1

0.30%
1 Pursuant to an Expense Limitation Agreement, The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (“VALIC”) has contractually agreed to reimburse the expenses of the Fund until September 30, 2022, so that the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements do not exceed 0.30%. For purposes of the Expense Limitation Agreement, “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” shall not include extraordinary expenses (i.e. expenses that are unusual in nature and infrequent in occurrence, such as litigation), or acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses relating to the
  purchase and sale of portfolio securities, interest, taxes and governmental fees, and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. This agreement will be renewed annually for one-year terms unless terminated by the Board of Directors of VALIC Company I prior to any such renewal.
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contract. If the Variable Contract fees were reflected, the expenses would be higher. See the Variable Contract prospectus for information on such charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs would be:
1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
$31   $149   $278   $654
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund

The Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. Government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government securities. In addition, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. Government securities and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Government securities. A “government money market fund” under Rule 2a-7, such as the Fund, may, but is not required to,
 
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impose liquidity fees and redemption gates. The Fund’s Board of Directors has determined that the Fund will not be subject to the liquidity fee and redemption gate provisions of Rule 2a-7, although the Board may elect to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates in the future.
The Fund is a money market fund and seeks to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. In order to do this, the Fund must follow rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as to the liquidity, diversification and maturity of its investments.
Investors will be given at least 60 days’ written notice in advance of any change to the Fund’s 80% investment policy set forth above.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
The following is a summary of the principal risks of investing in the Fund.
Credit Risk. The Fund may suffer losses if the issuer of a fixed income security owned by the Fund is unable to make interest or principal payments. Credit risk is expected to be low for the Fund because of its investment in U.S. Government securities.
Interest Rate Risk. While the Fund will invest primarily in short-term securities, you should be aware that the value of the Fund’s investments may be subject to changes in interest rates. A decline in interest rates will generally affect the Fund’s yield as these securities mature or are sold and the Fund purchases new short-term securities with lower yields. Generally, an increase in interest rates causes the value of a debt instrument to decrease. The change in value for shorter-term securities is usually smaller than for securities with longer maturities. Because the Fund invests in securities with short maturities and seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible, though unlikely, that an increase or
decrease in interest rates would change the value of your investment in the Fund. In addition, when interest rates are very low, the Fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the Fund’s income, and, if the Fund’s expenses exceed the Fund’s income, the Fund may be unable to maintain its $1.00 share price. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to these initiatives.
Repurchase Agreements Risk. Repurchase agreements are agreements in which the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon price and date. Repurchase agreements carry the risk that the counterparty may not fulfill its obligations under the agreement. This could cause the Fund’s income and the value of the Fund to decline.
U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government and are generally considered to have low credit risk. Unlike U.S. Treasury obligations, securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or authorities and U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities or enterprises may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government and are therefore subject to greater credit risk than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury.
Performance Information

The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Fund’s average annual returns to those of the FTSE Treasury Bill 3 Month Index. Prior to September 28, 2016, the Fund operated as a prime money market fund and invested in certain types of securities that the Fund is no longer permitted to hold as part of its principal investment strategy. Consequently, the performance information below may have been different if the current investment limitations had been in effect during the period prior to the Fund’s conversion to a government money market fund. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Of course, past
 
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performance of the Fund is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
During the period shown in the bar chart:
Highest Quarterly
Return:
June 30, 2019 0.47%
Lowest Quarterly
Return:
March 31, 2015 0.00%
Year to Date Most
Recent Quarter:
June 30, 2021 0.00%
Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2020)
  1
Year
  5
Years
  10
Years
Fund

0.22%   0.72%   0.36%
FTSE Treasury Bill 3 Month Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

0.58%   1.16%   0.60%
Investment Adviser

The Fund’s investment adviser is VALIC.
The Fund is subadvised by SunAmerica.
Purchases and Sales of Fund Shares

Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed through Variable Contracts offered by the separate
accounts of VALIC or other participating life insurance companies and through qualifying retirement plans (“Plans”) and IRAs. Shares of each Fund may be purchased and redeemed each day the New York Stock Exchange is open, at the Fund’s net asset value determined after receipt of a request in good order.
The Funds do not have any initial or subsequent investment minimums. However, your insurance company may impose investment or account value minimums. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Variable Contract contains additional information about purchases and redemptions of the Funds’ shares.
Tax Information

A Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax so long as it qualifies as a regulated investment company and distributes its income and gains each year to its shareholders. However, contractholders may be subject to federal income tax (and a federal Medicare tax of 3.8% that applies to net income, including taxable annuity payments, if applicable) upon withdrawal from a Variable Contract. Contractholders should consult the prospectus (or other offering document) for the Variable Contract for additional information regarding taxation.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and
Other Financial Intermediaries

The Funds are not sold directly to the general public but instead are offered to registered and unregistered separate accounts of VALIC and its affiliates and to Plans and IRAs. The Funds and their related companies may make payments to the sponsoring insurance company or its affiliates for recordkeeping and distribution. These payments may create a conflict of interest as they may be a factor that the insurance company considers in including the Funds as underlying investment options in a variable contract. Visit your sponsoring insurance company’s website for more information.
 
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