On September 17, Scale AI announced a new five-year, $100 million ceiling enterprise agreement between Scale AI and the DoD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). This partnership represents a significant step forward in providing warfighters and mission operators with the cutting-edge AI tools they need to maintain a decisive advantage, according to the company.
For the past two and a half years, Scale AI has worked with CDAO on a series of prototype agreements. This journey from rapid, experimental prototyping to a stable, enterprise-wide production agreement is a game-changer. For DoD mission partners, this provides the long-term stability and confidence to invest in and scale their AI strategies, knowing that a proven partner and a flexible contracting vehicle are in place to support them, the company said.
This Other Transaction Authority (OTA) is designed to help the DoD move at speed and partner with nontraditional tech companies like Scale. It streamlines the procurement process, allowing any component across the entire DoD to access Scale AI’s end-to-end AI platform. The significance of this partnership is the access it provides to advanced AI capabilities on the networks where the most critical work happens, available on networks up to Top Secret/SCI.
Source: Scale AI
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