Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌

Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others

Tracked Pentagon office that awarded AI contracts to xAI and others · 4 documented connections

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Connections mapped4

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PATTERN company → [contractor] → government agency 19× PATTERN government agency → [contractor] → company 19× PATTERN institution → [organizational] → government agency 6× PATTERN government agency → [funding oversight] → government agency 6× PATTERN government agency → [organizational] → institution 6×

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Key Connections

→ Entity #9144

contractual

Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to OpenAI for frontier AI projects

→ Entity #94

organizational

CDAO operates within the Pentagon/Department of Defense as the Pentagon's CDAO

← Entity #36

contractor

CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects

← Entity #2282

funding oversight

The subcommittee oversees appropriations for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office programs

Facts (2)

Data Freshness

Fresh Last update: 23d ago · Avg age: 123d

Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing

Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata

Pending Review Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to xAI, OpenA‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌I, Anthropic and Google for frontier AI projects

Date: 2025-07-14 Added: 09 Apr 2026

All Connections (4)

→ Entity #9144

contractual primary since 2024

Pentagon's CDAO awarded contracts to OpenAI for frontier AI projects

→ Entity #94

organizational primary since 2024

CDAO operates within the Pentagon/Department of Defense as the Pentagon's CDAO

← Entity #36

contractor confirmed

CDAO awarded xAI a contract up to $200 million for frontier AI projects

← Entity #2282

funding 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

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Court record… court_document Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Lobbying dis… government_disclosure Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — Corporate re… government_disclosure Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — USASpending … contract Processed

2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — SEC filings … sec_filing Processed

2025-07-14 ↗ DefenseScoop and NBC News reporting web_search Processed