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- The expanded Striveworks’ contract spans five years
- A $200M NGC2 award under that contract extends Chariot to I Corps and the Indo-Pacific
- New deals bring Chariot Forge agentic AI to Army intelligence work and operations in Europe.
Striveworks announced Thursday that the value of its enterprise contract with the U.S. Army has been increased from $70 million to $700 million over five years. According to Business Insider, the expansion brings Striveworks’ Chariot AI platform to more military units and missions amid growing demand for the technology.
The contract was originally awarded in April and was itself aimed at broadening the deployment of Striveworks’ AI technology, which was up until then in use by the Army, Navy and combatant commands. The contract called on the company to provide up to 950,000 workers within the defense community access to its offerings.
Commenting on the latest development, Striveworks CEO and co-founder Jim Rebesco said, “At Striveworks, we take seriously our responsibility to ensure that AI remains effective, accountable, and responsive to the demands of the evolving mission. This contract allows the Striveworks team to remain tightly engaged with our users, reduces acquisition friction, and ultimately gives teams across the Army and joint force the ability to bring Chariot and sovereign AI quickly into the fight.”
What Is Striveworks’ Chariot Platform?
Chariot is a software suite meant for deploying, monitoring and retraining models and AI agents. Rebesco told Business Insider that its agents screen feeds from radios, sensors, drones and reports, then weigh possible targets against doctrine, legal standards and commander priorities.
“It does everything that a team of four to 10 individuals would do over a period of about an hour; it compresses that down into minutes,” he said.
Chariot Forge, part of the suite, keeps human sign-off at critical decision points. Chariot also shares data and agentic processes with Maven and the Integrated Battle Command System, Business Insider reported. Carahsoft has distributed Chariot to public sector buyers since 2023.
How Does the Contract Award Fit Into NGC2?
Striveworks announced in early October that it received a $200 million, five-year Army award under its existing enterprise contract. The company said the award allows it to extend Chariot across the Next Generation Command and Control footprint and supply common AI tools for the program, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. The Army had confirmed in August that the company would deliver baseline AI services for NGC2.
Business Insider called Chariot a core AI element of NGC2. Soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division used it and shared feedback, and it helped troops vet more potential targets during Project Convergence Capstone 6 in California. The Army is now scaling NGC2 to I Corps, which is based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Anduril holds a separate Army deal to prototype NGC2.
What Other Army AI Contracts Did Striveworks Secure?
A $4.57 million award for the Army Intelligence Data Platform will apply Chariot Forge’s agentic tools to intelligence workflows. A previously announced $9.75 million contract with U.S. Army Europe and Africa will use Chariot Forge for intelligence assessments, linking data systems with tools soldiers already use.
The awards add to the Army’s broader push to field AI.
