
US Defense Awards $800M in AI Contracts to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI
Washington D.C., July 14, 2025 — In a strategic push to modernize its defense capabilities with cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded contracts worth up to $200 million each to four top AI companies: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI. The contracts, totaling $800 million, are part of a broader initiative…