Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and NVIDIA will provide AI tech to Pentagon
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Reflection AI have signed agreements to provide AI technology to the Pentagon for use on classified military networks. These deals are part of a broader effort to transform the U.S. military into an "AI-first fighting force," following similar agreements with companies like Google, OpenAI, and xAI. Anthropic remains the only major U.S. AI company without a Pentagon agreement, leading to a legal dispute after the Trump administration banned federal use of its products.
- ▪AWS, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Reflection AI will provide AI tech to the Pentagon for classified military use.
- ▪The Pentagon aims to become an "AI-first fighting force" through these partnerships.
- ▪Anthropic refused to remove safeguards on its AI, prompting the Trump administration to ban its products and initiate a court battle.
- ▪OpenAI's ChatGPT saw a 413% year-over-year increase in uninstalls after its Pentagon deal was announced.
- ▪Google, OpenAI, and xAI have already signed similar agreements with the Defense Department.
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News AI Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and NVIDIA will provide AI tech to Pentagon By Igor Bonifacic May 1, 2026 11:24 am EST Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock You can add Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and NVIDIA to the growing list of tech giants that have decided to give the US Defense Department access to their AI tools. According to Bloomberg, the three companies — alongside a forth, Reflection AI — have signed agreements granting the Pentagon use of their AI technologies "for lawful operational use" on classified military networks. "These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force," the Pentagon said in a statement shared with Bloomberg.
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