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Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)

Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others
Tracked because Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others · 8 documented connections
Facts on record2
Connections mapped8
Sources cited7
✦ Thin coverage gap +21 connected to 8 entities · only 2 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ US Department of Defense (Pentagon) institution
affiliation
CDAO operates within the Pentagon/Department of Defense as the Pentagon's CDAO
→ OpenAI company
contractor
Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to OpenAI for frontier AI projects
→ Anthropic company
contractor
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded a contract to Anthropic for frontier AI projects.
→ Google company
contractor
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded a contract to Google for frontier AI projects.
← xAI company
contractor
CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects
← Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense government agency
oversight
The subcommittee oversees appropriations for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office programs
Facts (2)
Data Freshness
Stale Last update: 184d ago · Avg age: 284d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for frontier AI projects
Date: 2025-07-14 Added: 09 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: DefenseScoop and NBC News reporting
All Connections (8)
affiliation primary since 2024
CDAO operates within the Pentagon/Department of Defense as the Pentagon's CDAO
→ Anthropic company
contractor primary since 2026
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded a contract to Anthropic for frontier AI projects.
→ Google company
contractor primary since 2026
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded a contract to Google for frontier AI projects.
→ OpenAI company
contractor primary since 2024
Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to OpenAI for frontier AI projects
← xAI company
contractor confirmed
CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects
policy_authority inferential since 2023
CDAO oversees implementation of OTFOC for AI and data analytics capabilities across the Department of Defense
← Maven Smart System instrument
program governance secondary since 2020
CDAO is the DoD entity responsible for AI programs; Maven Smart System's status as the DoD's primary AI targeting program places it under CDAO's governance authority, though oversight documentation remains classified.
oversight primary since ongoing
The subcommittee oversees appropriations for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office programs
Sources (7)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Parliamentar… parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Court record… court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Lobbying dis… government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Corporate re… government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — USASpending … contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — SEC filings … sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-07-14 ↗ DefenseScoop and NBC News reporting web_search Processed 📜 Receipt