Collaboration.ai, LLC

Collaboration.ai, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) challenge program management, research and development services, and innovation platform support to the Department of Defense and NASA as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations.

Collaboration.ai operates as a limited liability company and is a child entity of Collaboration.ai Holdings, Inc. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on challenge program management, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, digital transformation, and innovation ecosystem development for defense agencies. Recent representative work includes an $8.536 million SBIR Phase III definitive contract from the Air Force for Digital First Ecosystem Scaling Effort (awarded March 14, 2025, completion March 13, 2027); a $2.977 million SBIR Phase III definitive contract under Executive Order 14042 for innovative defense-related dual-purpose technologies with clear Air Force stakeholder needs (awarded April 17, 2023, completion April 16, 2027); a $1.899 million SBIR Phase II delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for research and development services (awarded September 24, 2024, completion September 25, 2026); a $1.72 million SBIR Phase III delivery order from Air Force Research Laboratory for annual challenge program management support (awarded September 30, 2024, completion March 29, 2026); and a $2.94 million SBIR Phase III delivery order from U.S. Special Operations Command for market research and systems research support (awarded August 29, 2022, completion May 30, 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Air Force enterprise. The top five funding agencies account for 91% of awards by count and 95% of combined potential value: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory leads by award volume (22 awards, $13.6 million combined potential value), but the Department of the Air Force proper anchors most dollars (8 awards, $23.4 million combined potential value), followed by Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (8 awards, $15.6 million), United States Special Operations Command (3 awards, $16.9 million), and NASA Shared Services Center (2 awards, $3.1 million). This concentration reflects Collaboration.ai's deep positioning in AFWERX challenge programs and SBIR Phase III ecosystems across Air Force components.

Collaboration.ai holds position on two primary indefinite delivery vehicles: a Basic Ordering Agreement (FA228022G0001) with Air Force Research Laboratory for SBIR Phase III AFWERX events and challenge support, valued at $6.2 million through September 2027, against which 15 task orders totaling $10.1 million have been placed; and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA251819DA003) for challenge and innovation initiatives, supporting 10 task orders valued at $7.7 million. The vendor also holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (H9240821D0002) with United States Special Operations Command for market research, systems research, and analytical services, supporting 2 task orders valued at $6.9 million, and a Basic Ordering Agreement (N6833524G0047) with Naval Air Warfare Center for SBIR Phase II research and development services established August 2024 through August 2029.

Activity has declined in recent years—the vendor averaged 6 to 11 awards annually from 2022 through 2024 but dropped to 5 in 2025 and 1 in the first quarter of 2026. Six awards with combined potential value of $15.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor's primary work is performed across multiple Air Force locations including Minneapolis and Huber Heights, Ohio; one subcontract award is documented, in which Collaboration.ai performed Quick Reaction Evaluation engineering services to the University of Dayton as prime. Combined potential value across 47 prime and sub awards stands at $76.2 million, with $52.4 million (69%) obligated. The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in custom computer programming services (36 awards) and research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences (8 awards), with PSC distribution split between professional support services and IT programming.