The Department of War deploys Grok for Government on GenAI.mil, giving 1.7 million military users access to classified-level AI tools accredited at Impact Level 5, featuring deep-thinking inference, adaptive reasoning, and customizable workspaces to accelerate mission execution.
A federal judge strikes down the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, ruling it unconstitutional retaliation after the AI company refused to let the Pentagon use its models for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
Anthropic and OpenAI are aggressively pursuing lucrative national security contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, raising urgent alarms from human rights advocates who warn that deploying AI in military and intelligence operations risks civilian harm, erodes accountability for lethal force, and threatens national security without proper safeguards.
Oracle secures a massive 10-year, $7 billion Pentagon contract to supply software to the U.S. military and intelligence community, saving taxpayers $441 million, sending shares up 3% in extended trading despite a brutal 38% year-to-date decline driven by fears that AI could disrupt its traditional software business.
Applied Intuition launches Dana, an agentic AI platform that slashes vehicle development timelines from months to days, enabling engineers to deploy up to ten times daily, with early adopters Isuzu Motors and Komatsu already leveraging the technology across automotive, defense, and heavy equipment industries.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp unleashes a fiery attack on Big Tech AI firms, calling the industry 'effing insane' and accusing them of overcharging businesses and exploiting customer data, while Palantir shares surge 9% following his CNBC interview and a new Nvidia partnership announcement.
Anduril, the $61 billion defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, is expanding into Israel, recruiting local talent, signing deals with Israeli defense firms, and eyeing investments and acquisitions within the country's booming military innovation ecosystem.
Cyber warfare startup Twenty reaches a $1 billion valuation after securing $100 million in Series B funding led by Accel, as the U.S. military-contracted company accelerates its mission to 'industrialize cyber warfare' amid escalating threats from China and Russia.
Dell Technologies stock skyrockets 32.76% in its best single-day performance ever after AI server revenue explodes 757% year over year to $16.1 billion, quarterly revenue surges nearly 88%, earnings crush expectations, and a $9.7 billion Pentagon contract — with President Trump publicly urging Americans to buy Dell shares — fuels a staggering 234% stock gain in 2026.
OpenAI launches Rosalind Biodefense, granting select U.S. government agencies, labs, and global partners access to GPT-Rosalind, a frontier AI model designed to bolster pandemic preparedness, outbreak response, and biological threat detection across the full threat lifecycle.