Autonomous Cyber, Inc.

Autonomous Cyber, Inc., a small business based in Sacramento, California, conducts artificial intelligence-driven cyber operations research for the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on federal research awards.

The vendor's entire federal footprint consists of three awards from a single customer — the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory — totaling $3.9 million in combined potential value. All three awards fund research into AI-enabled automated vulnerability discovery and weaponization capabilities under SBIR Phase I and STTR Phase II structures. The earliest award is a $74,986 SBIR Phase I purchase order issued May 11, 2023, with ultimate completion August 4, 2023. This was followed by a $1.798 million STTR Phase II purchase order awarded February 9, 2024, carrying an ultimate completion date of November 10, 2025. The most recent award is a $1.999 million STTR Phase II purchase order issued March 23, 2026, funded under a Total Small Business set-aside designation and scheduled to complete March 22, 2028. All three awards carry firm fixed-price structures and are classified under NAICS Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences and PSC National Defense R&D Services—Applied Research.

Activity shows one award per year across 2023, 2024, and 2026, with no gap filling 2025. One award valued at $2 million faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represents immediate recompete exposure. The vendor maintains no subcontractor footprint in the source data and operates with zero sub-award activity. The company's customer concentration is complete — 100% of awards and 100% of combined potential value derive from AFRL research contracts, indicating narrow customer dependence on a single agency research laboratory.