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Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)‌​‌​‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍​‍​​‌‍‍​​‌

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Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others
Tracked:Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others · 1 documented connection
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CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects
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Primary Source Maven Smart System will transition oversight from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the‌​‌​‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍​‍​​‌‍‍​​‌ Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office within 30 days of the March 9, 2026 memo
Primary Source Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to xAI, OpenA‌​‌​‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍​‍​​‌‍‍​​‌I, Anthropic and Google for frontier AI projects
Date: 2025-07-14 Added: 09 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: DefenseScoop and NBC News reporting 📋
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CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects
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2026-04-09 ↗ Multiple news sources including DefenseScoop and Reuters reporting memo contents web_search Processed
2025-07-14 ↗ DefenseScoop and NBC News reporting web_search Processed