​Awards & Accomplishments
2024
8(a) Sole Source Award for AI Solutions Lab
SoKat was awarded an 8(a) sole-source contract to stand up Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s first AI Solutions Lab. Through this groundbreaking initiative, SoKat is helping the OCC prototype AI solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance regulatory capabilities, provide risk management, identify fraud, waste and abuse and deliver long-term value, all while maintaining strict compliance with federal AI governance standards​. Read more
2023
GSA’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Challenge: Large Language Models
SoKat is a winner of GSA’s last AI competition to explore and prototype LLM capabilities for federal applications​. After making it past the first round, the final competition was a live demo day, with attendance from across all federal agencies. Our winning AI application streamlines federal procurement through a solution that involves LLMs and AI-assisted contract generation tools.
2022
VA Mission Daybreak Suicide Challenge - Phase 1 Award winner
1300 companies across the U.S. submitted an innovative solution to reduce Veteran suicide; SoKat was 1 out of 30 companies selected for a Phase 1 award for our AI-based healthcare app to significantly improve Veterans access to and use of VA benefits. Read more
8(a) Sole Source Award for AI-powered SoKat Suicide Ideation Engine
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) awarded a sole source contract to SoKat to build the first GPT-3-powered Large Language Model (LLM) in the VA to detect Veteran suicide ideation. Read more
2021
General Services Administration (GSA) 8(a) STARS III GWAC
SoKat was awarded the GSA 8(a) STARS IIII GWAC by the US General Services Administration, as a Prime contract holder. 8(a) STARS III is a Best-In-Class, small business set-aside, multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (MA-ID/IQ) contract that allows agencies across the federal government to purchase innovative information technology services in an easy and streamlined manner. Read more
$249M Blanket Purchase Agreement for CDAO Artificial Intelligence Testing & Evaluation
SoKat wins Blanket Purchase Agreement award from the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital Joint Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) to accelerate the delivery of AI capabilities. Read more
Award to build Augmented Reality mobile application for IRS
SoKat was awarded a Phase 1 contract as a result of our innovative pitch to the IRS as part of their Pilot IRS program, which is a new procurement vehicle to source the most cutting-edge technologies from companies across the nation. Read more
2020
1st Place for Patient Experience & 2nd Place Overall in VA’s Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) concluded their 2020-2021 AI Tech Sprint and awarded SoKat 2nd Place in the competition, overall, and a 1st Place win in the Patient Experience category. Read more
3rd Place in GSA’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning EULA Challenge
SoKat has been awarded 3rd Place in GSA’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Challenge to review end-user license agreements (EULA) for terms and conditions that are unacceptable to the government. Read more
ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Transformer Winner for GrantSolution’s Recipient Data Insight
SoKat’s AI-powered engine that enables GrantSolution’s Recipient Insight to predict audit risk for all federal government grants has won ACT-IAC’s 2020 Igniting Innovation Transformer award. Read more
2018 & 2019
GCN Government Innovation Award for GrantSolutions’s Recipient Data Insight
SoKat has won GCN’s Government Innovation Awards for two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, for its Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning engine that powers GrantSolutions Recipient Insight, under the Department of Health and Human Services. Read more