Methodology

One contract per row, one source link per number, a date on every row. Last verified 11 Nov 2026.

What gets a row

A row is one disclosed agreement, order, renewal or amendment between a named buyer and a named vendor, where AI is the product or a stated part of the scope. Buyers are governments and enterprises. We read the contract notice, the company release, the SEC or investor-relations filing and named trade reports, in that order of preference, and we link every one. Rows with fewer than three sourced fields stay out.

Value, ceiling and term

The value column holds the dollar amount the source calls an award, order, fee or commitment. The ceiling column holds the maximum an IDIQ, blanket purchase agreement or similar vehicle may reach. A ceiling caps spending and is not spending, and orders sit inside their parent ceiling, so we never add the two together. Euro and pound figures stay in their own columns, unconverted. Term is the length the source states; a contract with only “multi-year” in the source shows that wording instead of a number.

Scope

This tracker covers organisations buying AI products, models, platforms and services. Federal rows here are the headline contracts and vehicles, not every task order.

How we verify

Each field is filled only when a source states it and each source link records the date we read it. Where the dollar figure also covers cloud or other services, the row’s summary says so. The sector of a row follows the buyer: public bodies are Government, companies are Enterprise.

Corrections

Send corrections and missing contracts to hello@aicontractstracker.com with the public source. We update the row and its verified date. Featured placement is paid and labelled; it never changes a row’s data or its position in the sorted table.

Reuse

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Field definitions

26 fields

Date: Date the contract, order or partnership was announced or agreed, as stated in the cited source (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty when the source gives only a month or a year.
Buyer: The purchasing organisation or named customer.
Vendor: The contracting supplier or AI provider, as named in the source.
Sector: Government for public-sector buyers (defence, intelligence, civil agencies, health services); Enterprise for companies.
Value $: Dollar value exactly as the source states it: an award, order, licence fee or customer commitment. Empty when undisclosed. The summary says what the figure covers; figures can include non-AI services.
Ceiling $: Maximum authorised amount of an IDIQ, blanket purchase agreement or other vehicle. A ceiling caps spending and is not spending; child orders sit inside a parent ceiling, so never add the two.
Value (EUR) €: Value as stated in euros. Never converted.
Value (GBP) £: Value as stated in pounds sterling. Never converted.
Upfront payment $: Upfront payment stated for research and licence collaborations.
Potential milestones $: Contingent milestone payments stated for the collaboration, paid only if targets are reached.
Term years: Stated length of the agreement in years; decimals keep the source's own duration.
Base term years: Base ordering period before optional extensions.
Option period years: Optional extension on top of the base term.
Maximum term years: Longest term the source says the agreement can run, extensions included.
Term as stated: The term in the source's words when it gives no figure, for example multi-year.
Start date: Start of the contract period as stated.
End date: End of the contract period as stated, at the precision the source gives (year, month or day).
Product or program: The AI product, model, platform or program supplied.
Scope: The use case or service scope named in the source.
Contract type: The vehicle as the source names it: IDIQ, task order, other transaction agreement, blanket purchase agreement, enterprise agreement.
Volume: Units covered where the source states them, such as prototypes, kits or lanes.
Users covered people: Employees or clinicians covered, as stated (a floor where the source says more than).
Delivery location: Where the service is delivered, when the source says.
Value as stated: The value in the source's words when it gives no figure, for example multi-million dollars.
Contract reference: Public contract reference number.
Status note: A later development reported by the source that affects how to read the row.