The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), through its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), has awarded Anthropic a two-year prototype other transaction agreement with a $200 million ceiling. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will prototype frontier AI capabilities that advance U.S. national security.
"This award opens a new chapter in Anthropic’s commitment to supporting U.S. national security, which is where our earliest federal deployments began more than a year ago,” said Thiyagu Ramasamy, Anthropic's Head of Public Sector. "We look forward to deepening our collaboration across the Department to solve critical mission challenges through our technical expertise, products like our Claude Gov models and accredited Claude for Enterprise offerings, and leadership in safe and responsible AI.”
With CDAO and other DOD organizations and commands, we'll engage in:
Working directly with the DOD to identify where frontier AI can deliver the most impact, then developing working prototypes fine-tuned on DOD data
Collaborating with defense experts to anticipate and mitigate potential adversarial uses of AI, drawing on our advanced risk forecasting capabilities
Exchanging technical insights, performance data, and operational feedback to accelerate responsible AI adoption across the defense enterprise
Our commitment to responsible AI deployment
At the heart of this work lies our conviction that the most powerful technologies carry the greatest responsibility. We're building AI systems to be reliable, interpretable, and steerable precisely because we recognize that in government contexts, where decisions affect millions and stakes couldn't be higher, these qualities are essential.
We believe democracies must work together to ensure AI development strengthens democratic values globally by maintaining technological leadership to protect against authoritarian misuse.
Building on a strong foundation of government partnerships
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