Pentagon awards $500M contract to Scale AI
The US Department of Defense awarded Scale AI a contract reported at $500 million, underscoring sustained demand for data, labeling, and AI-enablement services in defense workflows. Large awards like this also signal that “AI procurement” is increasingly about operational pipelines and infrastructure, not just models.
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