AvaWatz, a Dallas-based leader in AI platforms and real-time decision systems, announced its selection as a prime contractor for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) AI Talent 2.0 Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA). This $249 million multi-award contract positions AvaWatz to deliver advanced AI, machine learning (ML), and data science solutions to support DoD’s digital modernization and mission readiness.
Contract: $249M AI Talent 2.0 BOA, awarded July 15, 2025.
Purpose: Accelerates AI/ML, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems for DoD.
AvaWatz Tools: AvaAI automates data labeling; AXIA enhances real-time insights.
Timeline: Contract execution in 30–60 days with zero access fees.
Impact: Supports mission-critical areas like DevSecOps and data science.
Leadership: Led by Dr. Rajini Anachi, CEO and Founder.
The AI Talent 2.0 BOA, administered by the CDAO and executed via Army Contracting Command – Rock Island, enables rapid access to specialized AI talent. With a decentralized structure and no contract access fees, it supports contract execution in as little as 30–60 days. AvaWatz will provide expertise in machine learning model development, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, applied data science, and autonomous systems, aligning with DoD’s $4.7 billion AI investment in 2025.
AvaWatz’s proprietary AvaAI framework streamlines AI development by automating data labeling, accelerating model training, and enabling continuous monitoring, reducing deployment timelines from months to days. Complementing this, AXIA, an intelligent application layer, integrates AI into mission-critical operations, offering real-time detection, analytics, and retrospective insights for defense and enterprise applications.
“We’re honored to be selected by CDAO under the AI Talent 2.0 vehicle,” said Dr. Rajini Anachi, CEO and Founder of AvaWatz. “This award underscores our mission to empower national security, enterprise, and government operations with faster, more adaptable, and trustworthy AI technologies.” The contract enhances DoD’s operational agility, supporting warfighters and enterprise systems with scalable AI pipelines.
AvaWatz joins other AI leaders like Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI, which secured $200 million contracts in July 2025 to advance DoD’s AI capabilities. The AI Talent 2.0 BOA’s flexible pricing and technical competition ensure rapid innovation, complementing AvaWatz’s expertise in autonomous systems and cybersecurity.
AvaWatz’s selection as a prime contractor reinforces its role in transforming DoD operations, delivering smarter, faster, and more resilient AI solutions to address national security challenges.
AvaWatz is an AI company specializing in advanced decision-making, vision/perception, and cooperative navigation for task execution using its machine learning and physics-based algorithmic technologies. Its platform powers adaptive autonomous systems built around a Detect-Decide-Act paradigm and extends across a full suite of AI infrastructure that delivers rapid and scalable AI pipelines, real-time intelligence and analytics, and automation. AvaWatz provides end-to-end private and hybrid cloud-based SaaS and real-time edge AI solutions to defense, homeland security, industrial, and enterprise sectors, enabling smarter, faster, and more resilient and trustworthy operations at scale.
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