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The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos
Publisher description: The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Wired | Oct 7, 2026 | Maddy Varner
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OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are all listed as participants. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google declined to comment for this story. Though the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace has been around since late 2022, the Trump administration has been far more vocal than its predecessors about the military buying and operationalizing AI. Pitches for products that promote “a culture of responsible AI” and provide guardrails for AI development and use—requests made during the final Tradewinds submissions cycle under the Biden administration.
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