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The Pentagon's Tradewinds initiative uses short videos to speed up purchases of AI for "kill chain" applications, making it easier to direct millions of dollars to nontraditional defense contractors including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Why it matters: The program lowers the barrier for nontraditional AI companies to win US defense contracts.
Written by AI from WIRED AI's published text.
Background
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OpenAI
- Latest funding
- $30B · 31 Oct 2026
- Newest model on the API
- GPT-6.1 Terra Pro · 26 Oct 2026 · $1 in / $5 out per million tokens
Anthropic
- Latest funding
- Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
- Newest model on the API
- Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026 · $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
Source
“The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.”
Reporting from a publisher outside the organisation being covered.
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