Six Teams Score Big in US Army’s $2M AI Showdown

The US Army’s xTech Program has named six winners of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Grand Challenge, handing out $2 million in one of its biggest prize pools to date.

The teams rolled out AI tools that clean, verify, and sharpen data — the kind of behind-the-scenes tech that cuts grunt work, saves costs, and keeps military systems running smarter.

Ozni AI snagged first place with its COMbINE engine, while PeopleTec, Snorkel AI, Latent AI, Exia Labs, and R-DEX Systems rounded out the leaderboard, earning between $25,000 and $500,000 each. Finalists had already pocketed $35,000 earlier to polish their prototypes.

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