Collaboration.Ai awarded a $1.3MM contract with the DAF Digital Transformation Office to empower Airmen and Guardians

Software and services company Collaboration.Ai has been awarded a $1.3MM contract with the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO). Extending an original award in 2021, this one-year agreement focuses on cultivating a digitally-empowered community to accelerate change across the Air Force and Space Force. 

“We’re proud to have teamed up with the DTO over the past year to establish its strategic priorities and build a solid foundation for driving positive impact,” said Brennan Townley, Collaboration.Ai CEO. “In the next phase of our work together, we’ll double down on expanding the community of digital champions and deepening engagement around the modernization of DAF culture, tools, training, architecture, and standards.”

Collaboration.Ai will provide the DTO collaboration software, ecosystem development, event facilitation, campaign management, and outreach support. The company will continue to evolve DTO programs it helped launch in recent months, including the Digital Tools for All initiative, an effort aimed at establishing a new model for enterprise-wide software licensing, and the Digital Agents of Change campaign, a recognition and learning opportunity for Airmen and Guardians who are dedicated to advancing the DAF’s digital transformation. 

Previously, Collaboration.Ai has been awarded multiple Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III IDIQ contracts from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command. Since 2019, the company has supported the AFWERX Challenge program, which taps top subject matter experts in the U.S. and allied countries to accelerate Air Force and Space Force innovation.

 

ABOUT COLLABORATION.AI

Collaboration.Ai is a Minneapolis-Saint Paul based software and services company with employees and strategic partners around the globe. Our mission is to help organizations rapidly and reliably optimize networks and advance innovation. Using design thinking and artificial intelligence, we open up opportunities for clients in public, private, and nonprofit sectors to forge valuable connections, create meaningful engagement, and develop groundbreaking ideas. To learn more about us, visit collaboration.ai.

ABOUT THE DAF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICE

The Digital Transformation Office (DTO) is the first organization to lead a unified digital transformation across the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Aimed at accelerating change through digital empowerment, the DTO’s scope spans the broader Air Force and Space Force acquisition and sustainment communities, other internal government stakeholders, and external partners. To learn more about the DTO’s vision and priorities, visit dafdto.com. 

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