AI Search for SBIR/STTR & Federal Contracting
Ask a plain-English question and get a cited, source-grounded answer over live SBIR/STTR topics, SAM.gov opportunities, federal award history, and FAR/DFARS clauses.
What AI Search does
Finding the right SBIR/STTR topic usually means paging through solicitation PDFs and stale portals. AI Search replaces that with a question box: it retrieves the relevant live records first, then writes a confident answer over them with inline citations you can verify. Instead of guessing which agency posted what, you ask "What Navy SBIR topics are open in autonomy?" and read the answer.
Example questions
What Navy SBIR topics are open in autonomy?
AI Search lists the open Navy/NavalX topics tagged autonomy, each with its topic number and close date, and cites the underlying solicitation.
Ask this in AI Search →Which AFWERX topics close this month?
It filters open Air Force topics by deadline and returns the ones closing soonest so you can prioritize what to bid.
Ask this in AI Search →What does DFARS 252.204-7012 require?
It summarizes the clause's safeguarding and cyber-incident-reporting obligations and links to the clause text so you can verify the details.
Ask this in AI Search →Where the answers come from
Every answer is grounded in the same live data that powers the rest of SBIR Signal: SBIR/STTR topics from DoD SBIR/STTR (DSIP), SAM.gov opportunity notices, FPDS and USASpending award records, and the text of FAR/DFARS clauses. Because AI Search cites its sources, you can always click through and confirm the details before you bid.
Frequently asked questions
What is AI Search for SBIR/STTR?
AI Search is a question-answering tool that reads live SBIR/STTR solicitation topics, SAM.gov opportunities, historical federal award data, and FAR/DFARS clauses, then returns a confident, cited answer streamed as you read. Instead of paging through solicitation PDFs, you ask a plain-English question and get a source-grounded response you can verify.
What kinds of questions can I ask?
Ask about open topics by agency and technology ("What Navy SBIR topics are open in autonomy?"), deadlines ("Which AFWERX topics close this month?"), award history ("Who has won Army SBIR awards for counter-UAS?"), and compliance ("What does DFARS 252.204-7012 require?"). Every answer cites the sources it used so you can confirm the details.
Where do the answers come from?
Answers are grounded in the same live data that powers the rest of the site: SBIR/STTR topics from DoD SBIR/STTR (DSIP), SAM.gov opportunity notices, FPDS and USASpending award records, and the text of FAR/DFARS clauses. AI Search retrieves the relevant records first, then writes an answer over them with inline citations.
Is AI Search free?
AI Search is available to signed-in members, and free accounts include a monthly allotment of searches. Create a free account to start asking questions; paid plans raise the monthly limit for teams that live in the data.
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