Definitive Contract HR001120C0036

This federal contract award to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), worth $5,855,486.00, supports the Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST) program managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The ASIST program aims to develop foundational AI capabilities that enable synthetic agents to collaborate effectively with human teammates through social intelligence. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Under the ASIST program, CMU is the prime contractor working with subcontractors University of Pittsburgh and Robert Bosch LLC to conduct research across areas such as new AI agent architectures, cognitive modeling of human individuals and teams, and methods for evaluating AI-human team environments. This work is expected to deliver a robust and adaptive agent that supports high-performance teams. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2023.