Thermoai Inc.

Thermoai Inc., an American Indian owned, minority-owned, small disadvantaged, and woman-owned small business based in Alexandria, Virginia, delivers AI and machine learning solutions for defense research and development as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor's six recent awards, spanning 2020 to 2026 and totaling $3.3 million in combined potential value, concentrate on infrared systems, IoT cross-validation, and combustion optimization for the Department of the Navy and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Thermoai's customer base splits evenly between defense research agencies. The Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for two awards and $2 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $1.88 million definitive contract awarded March 20, 2026, for Space Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) research and development under cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with performance extending through March 20, 2029. The Air Force Research Laboratory holds three awards totaling $1.3 million in combined potential value, including a $1.20 million Phase II SBIR contract from July 20, 2023, for AI-driven cross-validation of IoT systems to increase accuracy and mission readiness, a $74,959 Phase I SBIR contract from May 5, 2023, for combustion optimization AI to reduce emissions and increase fuel efficiency, and a $74,929 Phase I SBIR contract from November 5, 2022, for artificial intelligence cross-validation of IoT systems. A single National Science Foundation award rounds out the portfolio. All awards carry small business set-aside designation; Thermoai operates exclusively as a prime and holds no subcontract footprint in the source data.

Activity has been episodic — one award in 2020 and 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026 — with $3 million obligated against the $3.3 million potential ceiling (91% of combined potential value). Two SBIR Phase I contracts (the AFRL IoT work completing February 4, 2023, and the AFRL combustion work completing August 3, 2023) have already finished; the AFRL Phase II IoT contract expires April 21, 2025, and the NAVSEA definitive contract runs through March 20, 2029. NAICS concentration sits in research and development across physical, engineering, and life sciences (three awards) and nanotechnology (two awards), with primary PSC coding in national defense applied research.