Top Artificial Intelligence/ML SBIR/STTR Awardees

Research the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape: the top award-winning firms by agency and technology domain. Every figure is computed from public federal award records — free, with per-firm profiles and "firms like this" similarity.

131 firms ranked
$468,404,202 total on record
146 awards
77.4% held by top 25

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Top awardees — Top Artificial Intelligence/ML SBIR/STTR Awardees

Rank	Firm	Total $ awarded	Awards	Top agency	Top technology	Most recent
1	DAVIDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC	$56,900,001	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
2	VANTOR SERVICES INC.	$36,926,816	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2021
3	FORWARD EDGE AI INC	$25,615,937	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2023
4	RHOMBUS POWER INC	$25,439,584	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2025
5	SCITEC INNOVATIONS LLC	$23,830,725	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2022
6	SIMVENTIONS INC	$22,384,974	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2024
7	RED CELL PARTNERS, LLC	$20,017,471	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2022
8	STEAMPUNK, INC.	$19,078,704	1	Department of Agriculture	Communications/Networking	2026
9	KITWARE INC	$18,695,184	6	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2026
10	IST RESEARCH, LLC	$18,200,741	4	General Services Administration	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2026
11	OUTSIDE ANALYTICS INC	$17,677,401	1	General Services Administration	Modeling & Simulation	2024
12	VANNEVAR LABS INC	$13,005,009	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2025
13	ILLUMINATION WORKS, LLC	$12,021,621	2	General Services Administration	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2026
14	CGI FEDERAL INC.	$10,700,079	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2025
15	MITEK ANALYTICS, INC.	$6,316,697	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2025
16	MENTIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.	$6,185,793	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
17	ZIGGURATUM, INC.	$4,094,667	2	Department of the Interior	Cybersecurity	2026
18	TURBINEONE INC	$3,760,000	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2025
19	VIA SCIENCE INC	$3,750,000	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
20	MEDENTUM INNOVATIONS INC	$3,284,912	1	Department of Health and Human Services	Human Performance & Medical	2023
21	DEEPNIGHT INC.	$3,249,087	2	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2026
22	HYPERTHESIS, LLC	$3,049,796	1	Department of Health and Human Services	Human Performance & Medical	2023
23	SECURE PLANET, INC.	$2,845,760	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2024
24	PUNCH CYBER CORP	$2,792,289	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2023
25	IT CADRE LLC	$2,553,314	1	Department of Veterans Affairs	Modeling & Simulation	2025
26	2 CIRCLE, INCORPORATED	$2,521,152	1	Department of Defense	Human Performance & Medical	2026
27	AGILE DECISION SCIENCES, LLC	$2,408,766	1	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2022
28	DYNAMIC OBJECT LANGUAGE LABS, INC.	$2,095,748	1	Department of the Interior	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2023
29	SHIPCOM FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC	$2,095,000	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2026
30	ANALYTICS HQ, LLC	$2,068,708	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2026
31	OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	$2,000,000	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2024
32	VELOXAI LLC	$2,000,000	1	Department of Health and Human Services	Human Performance & Medical	2024
33	ANDRO COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTIONS LLC	$2,000,000	1	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2026
34	DISCOVERY MACHINE INC	$1,999,998	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2024
35	OVERLAND AI INC	$1,999,989	1	Department of Defense	Autonomy & Robotics	2026
36	EXOANALYTIC SOLUTIONS INC	$1,999,923	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
37	MODALAI, INC.	$1,999,891	1	Department of Defense	Autonomy & Robotics	2025
38	PROTOPIA AI INC	$1,999,838	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2025
39	PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.	$1,999,723	1	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2024
40	AUTONOMOUS CYBER, INC.	$1,998,664	1	Department of Defense	Cybersecurity	2026
41	MILE TWO LLC	$1,985,577	1	General Services Administration	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2025
42	GOVLY, INC	$1,980,952	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2024
43	SENVOL LLC	$1,974,140	1	Department of Defense	Materials & Manufacturing	2025
44	INFERLINK CORP	$1,900,000	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2024
45	SNORKEL AI INC	$1,899,988	1	Department of Defense	C4ISR	2024
46	VADUM INC	$1,899,777	1	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2025
47	OMNI CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, INC.	$1,842,881	1	Department of Defense	Modeling & Simulation	2026
48	GREEN SQUIRREL RESEARCH, LLC	$1,799,962	1	Department of Defense	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2026
49	CLOSTRA INC	$1,799,639	1	Department of Defense	Artificial Intelligence/ML	2026
50	ZEUS AI, INC.	$1,549,995	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025

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