According to foreign media reports, the Pentagon has awarded a $500 million contract to Scale AI, a company backed by Meta Platforms (META.O), to help process data and support decision-making, marking the latest move by the U.S. military to further rely on artificial intelligence. This deal is five times the value of a $100 million contract the company received in September 2025. Dan Tadross, head of Scale AI's public sector business, said in an interview that the Pentagon had "pushed itself to the limit" in the original contract. Tadross stated, "I think this contract, overall, demonstrates the department's strong desire to adopt this technology." Furthermore, the San Francisco-based company is involved in the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) "Thunderforge" program (which aims to integrate artificial intelligence into military planning and operations) and Trump's "Golden Dome" homeland defense architecture.