Inferlink Corp

Inferlink Corp, an El Segundo, California-based artificial intelligence and data analysis firm, operates as a prime contractor on federal small business research and development awards across the defense and civilian sectors, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and structured as a for-profit corporate entity.

Inferlink delivers knowledge graph development, natural language processing, information extraction, and advanced data analysis solutions tailored to defense and intelligence applications. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on AI-driven solutions for text analysis, document processing, chemical and biological data extraction, and geospatial intelligence support. Representative prime work includes a $1.8 million DARPA STTR Phase II contract awarded January 2026 for modeling sparse and heterogeneous geochemistry data to accelerate critical mineral discovery, a $1.5 million Department of the Army SBIR Phase II contract for natural language processing (migrated to Army Contract Writing System in January 2025 with completion targeted July 2026), a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract for Knowledge Graphs for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance with November 2026 completion, and a $1.9 million Army SBIR Phase II continuation contract from March 2024 for sequential natural language processing through September 2026. Inferlink also holds a $1.02 million DARPA Other Transaction IDV awarded August 2025 for a BAA summarization tool supporting DARPA's Collective Intelligence program, demonstrating the vendor's expanded access to non-traditional R&D contracting vehicles.

Customer concentration aligns tightly with defense research funding. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leads by both volume and dollars at 16 awards totaling $11.7 million combined potential value, followed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (12 awards, $5.3 million), the Department of the Army (4 awards, $5.4 million), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (4 awards, $4.4 million). These four agencies account for over 75% of recent award count and 92% of combined potential value. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (5 awards, $2.7 million) and the Office of Naval Research round out recurring customers. Inferlink also maintains grant work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA SBIR Program (CFDA 11.021) for optical character recognition and table transcription from document images, with Phase II work running through January 2025.

Inferlink operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (96% of 55 recent awards), with minimal subcontracting exposure (4% representing 2 sub awards under the Critical Mineral Assessments with AI Support program as a subcontractor to another prime). The vendor sits on a DARPA Other Transaction IDV framework but does not appear on government-wide acquisition contracts or schedule vehicles; research funding through SBIR, STTR, and direct BAA mechanisms constitutes the core contracting vehicle. Recent activity shows moderation — 7 awards in 2024 declining to 3 in 2025 and 1 in early 2026 — with 3 awards (combined potential value $4.9 million) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure. SCI reporting captures limited visibility into Inferlink's federal services work: one invoiced service contract in FY2022 totaling $390 thousand across 1.1 FTEs at a government-paid rate of $174.02 per hour, reflecting the vendor's primary reliance on R&D contracting rather than recurring services delivery.

Information Integration Software and Services, including software for Data Aggregation and Entity Resolution