The US Air Force has selected Finch AI to deliver an AI capability designed to uncover potential foreign influence and hidden relationships across the US industrial base and research institutions.
Finch AI’s platform helps analysts work through large volumes of data by identifying people, organizations, and other entities, then mapping how they are connected.
A knowledge graph visualizes those relationships, while AI tools allow analysts to query the data and assess risks as information changes.
Applied to supply chains, the technology could help flag connections spanning companies, industries, and countries.
Finch AI said those risks may include foreign ownership, control, or other interests that are difficult to spot through conventional reviews.
The work falls under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm.
“Finch AI combines a powerful platform, domain expertise and flexibility to empower customers to decisively and confidently identify risk and take decisive action,” said Finch AI chief executive Steve Baldwin.
“We are thrilled to have been selected for this work and to have the opportunity to do precisely that for the U.S. Air Force.”
