Primordial Labs Inc.

Primordial Labs Inc., a New Haven, Connecticut-based small business, develops artificial intelligence-driven voice control systems and command interfaces for military defense platforms as a prime contractor (80% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides and Other Transaction Agreements. The company competes predominantly under small business designations and non-FAR vehicles rather than full-and-open procurement, with all recent prime awards reserved for small businesses or issued outside traditional contracting regulations.

Primordial Labs' capability portfolio centers on naturalistic voice command autonomy, manned-unmanned teaming interfaces, and AI-driven edge voice control for military air and ground platforms. Recent prime work includes a $3 million Other Transaction Agreement with Air Mobility Command for Phase II Small Business Innovation Research development of artificial intelligence-driven voice control at the edge (ADVICE), with completion scheduled for March 10, 2027; a $1.9 million total small business set-aside definitive contract with the Department of the Army for voice command autonomy in human-machine integrated formations (completion April 15, 2027); a $1.9 million Phase II SBIR definitive contract with the Army for a universal voice control interface for air-launched effects (awarded April 28, 2025, completion July 27, 2026); and a $985,548.76 definitive contract with the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command for naturalistic voice command with manned-unmanned teaming capability (completion March 31, 2027). The company's portfolio also includes a Phase I SBIR contract awarded October 30, 2024, for $249,999.34, and a prior Phase I award from February 23, 2024, for the same topic area, demonstrating continuity in the voice-control development pipeline.

Customer concentration centers on Department of Defense components. The Department of the Army holds four awards valued at $4.3 million combined potential value; Air Mobility Command holds two awards valued at $4.2 million. The Office of the Secretary of Defense, Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command, and Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service account for the remaining active footprint. Primordial Labs holds an Other Transaction IDV with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (RAI Toolkit, $1.025 million ceiling, awarded August 16, 2024) and a prior Other Transaction IDV with Air Mobility Command under SBIR Phase II (ceiling $1.224 million, awarded March 3, 2023), both non-FAR vehicles enabling rapid prototype development outside traditional acquisition regulation.

Activity has accelerated from one award in 2023 to four in 2024 and three in 2025. Four awards with combined potential value of $7.8 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across voice control and manned-unmanned integration efforts. In its subcontractor role, Primordial Labs delivers aviation systems engineering support to Science Applications International Corporation on a full life-cycle hardware-in-the-loop simulator task order (awarded January 15, 2025) and provides Big Safari services to Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (awarded December 13, 2024). The company's work concentrates in National Defense R&D Services under PSC codes for applied research and experimental development, with primary NAICS alignment to research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences.

We are a defense-focused system development & rapid prototyping company with expertise in all aspects of designing, testing, and deploying artificial intelligence.