Strategic Insights Memo
Aug 14, 2025
A marketplace for mission-ready AI: Accelerating capability delivery to the Pentagon
By
Jack Long, Bharat C. Patel, and Jags Kandasamy
The Department of Defense’s traditional AI procurement often delivers models that quickly become outdated. This memo proposes creating a performance-driven AI model marketplace—where vendors train models on a shared “data lake” and are paid only for real-world usage—ensuring faster delivery, continuous innovation, and mission-ready capabilities at scale.