The DOD's $9.7B contract with Dell has raised eyebrows as a potential payback for Michael and Susan Dell's $6.25B donation to 25M US children's Trump Accounts
The DOD's $9.7B contract with Dell has raised eyebrows as a potential payback for Michael and Susan Dell's $6.25B donation to 25M US children's Trump Accounts
Michael Dell bought into President Donald Trump's second term early. Now his hardware company, Dell Technologies …
The US DOD announces a ~$9.7B, five-year deal with Dell to provide Microsoft 365, advanced cloud subscriptions, and on-premises licensing to the US military
The Department of Defense on Wednesday announced a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion deal with Dell to provide a suite of software to the U.S. military.
Scale AI wins a $500M DOD contract via the US Chief Digital and AI Office to help sift through data and assist with decisions, after its $100M DOD deal in 2025
Sources: some Anthropic investors push it to de-escalate its DOD dispute and avoid the “supply-chain risk” designation; ITIC industry group expressed concerns
Sources: some investors push Anthropic to de-escalate its DOD dispute and avoid the “supply-chain risk” designation; source: some Anthropic-DOD talks continue
After the Jedi cloud contract fell apart, the US DOD has allocated less than 2% of its $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, started in December 2022
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After the Jedi cloud contract fell apart, the US DOD has allocated less than 2% of its $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, started in December 2022
In the past year, less than 2 percent of $9 billion set aside to upgrade the U.S. military's computing technology has been committed
Anchore, which offers automated container security management to clients including US DOD, raises $20M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing total raise to ~$30M
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SkyWater, a Minnesota-based chip maker spun off from Cypress Semiconductor, receives up to $170M from DOD to make radiation-hardened chips that work in space
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