US EditionUS defense department awards contracts to Google, Musk's xAI
UNITED STATES, JUL 14 – The Pentagon’s $200 million contract with xAI supports the Trump administration’s national security AI push and enables federal agencies to access Grok through the General Services Administration.
- The Pentagon's Chief Digital & AI Office announced $600 million in contracts to Anthropic, Google, and xAI, following a previous contract to OpenAI, in order to leverage commercial AI technologies for military use.
- Each company will receive contracts with a ceiling of $200 million to develop agentic AI workflows for the U.S. Department of Defense.
- CDAO stated that the contracts, aimed at developing agentic AI workflows, will help address critical national security challenges.
- This investment represents a shift towards commercial technology, inspired by prior calls from Congress to expand the military's procurement beyond traditional defense contractors.
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