Schemata Inc.

Schemata Inc., a minority-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Oakland, California, develops artificial intelligence and immersive training platforms for defense applications as a prime contractor on a highly concentrated Air Force Research Laboratory contract and grant footprint. The company is a self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a for-profit corporate entity, with specialized capability in large language models, neural network-based 3D modeling, Gaussian Splatting, Vision Language Models, and immersive training systems built for military readiness and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.

Schemata operates exclusively as a prime across five federal awards, all centered on two defense customers. The Air Force Research Laboratory accounts for 4 awards totaling $3.4 million in combined potential value, while the Army's PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation contributed 1 award worth $29 thousand. All five awards are set-aside under Total Small Business, reflecting Schemata's small-business posture. Representative recent work includes a $2 million SBIR Phase II award from AFRL (August 2025, completing July 2027) for the TRAVERSE3DS Virtual Training Platform, integrating Gaussian Splatting and Vision Language Models to modernize Commercial Driver's License certification and equipment training, and a $1.25 million SBIR Phase II award from AFRL (August 2024, completing November 2025) for scalable immersive training solutions. Earlier SBIR and STTR Phase I and II contracts address 3D spatial intelligence for ISR using large language models and neural network-based 3D mesh generation from neural radiance fields. An Other Transaction Agreement from Army PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (February 2026, completing May 2026) carries a $29.4 thousand ceiling for the VICTOR virtual immersive training system.

Activity is sparse and irregular — one award in 2022, one in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026 — with $2 million in awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing all near-term recompete exposure. The vendor has no subcontractor footprint and does not sit on government-wide vehicles or IDIQs; all five awards are direct prime contract issuances. Work performance occurs in Oakland and San Francisco, California, with one SBIR Phase II performed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.