SBIR/STTR Research Award
Neuroscale AI: Accelerating Decision-Making with Generative AI
Award amount
$540,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Recipient company
- NEUROSCALE LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-04
- Contract end date
- 2026-05-04
- UEI
- WBPLR7ENCRX5
- Solicitation number
- 25.4
- Topic code
- OSD254-P001
Research abstract
This solution proposes an advanced AI decision-making copilot designed to streamline and accelerate decision-making processes across diverse applications, including resume screening, compliance checks, and proposal reviews. Leveraging state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) and multimodal AI capabilities, the system integrates cutting-edge open-source technologies to ensure scalability, transparency, and deployability in on-premise environments, meeting stringent operational requirements such as those of the Department of Defense (DoD).áThe platform employs a modular architecture combining natural language understanding, contextual reasoning, and domain-specific evaluation frameworks. By utilizing chain-of-thought reasoning and structured rubrics, the AI system generates scores, justifications, and actionable insights. Multimodal AI capabilities extend the system's utility to evaluate diverse input formats, including text, images, and structured data, ensuring adaptability across varied decision-making contexts.áDesigned with an emphasis on operational security and data sovereignty, the system integrates seamlessly with on-premise hardware, supporting deployment on air-gapped networks and secure infrastructures. Performance optimizations include GPU-accelerated inference using frameworks such as NVIDIA's cuDNN and TensorRT, ensuring real-time processing of complex tasks. Open-source LLMs and multimodal models are finetuned and customized to meet application-specific requirements, enabling fine-grained evaluations without reliance on proprietary solutions.áThis platform aligns with DoD focus areas by delivering a flexible, secure, and efficient decision-support system capable of processing high volumes of complex evaluations. By democratizing AI capabilities through open-source technologies, it empowers organizations to maintain control over data and processes while fostering innovation in automated decision-making.
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