NEWS: First wave of contracts totalling $4.4M under the $118M IRS BPA were awarded to Fedstack, Gauntlet AI, Fearless, and Sokat. Codesmith with no reported contracts.

NEWS: First wave of contracts totalling $4.4M under the $118M IRS BPA were awarded to Fedstack, Gauntlet AI, Fearless, and Sokat. Codesmith with no reported contracts. Details below. Interesting to see Gauntlet AI take the 10-week training program. # 1. Fedstack (Smoothstack): $1,623,840.00 * **Task Order ID:** `2032L226F00064` * Fedstack secured the highest-value award to scale highly governed training pipelines that transition existing personnel into specialized AI engineering roles. * [https://orangeslices.ai/fedstack-secures-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/](https://orangeslices.ai/fedstack-secures-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/) # 2. Gauntlet AI (BloomTech): $1,420,654.80 * **Task Order ID:** `2032L226F00062` * Gauntlet AI received funding to deploy intensive 10-week fellowships and hybrid upskilling tracks aimed at teaching federal tech teams how to securely build and deploy production-grade Large Language Model (LLM) applications. * [https://orangeslices.ai/gauntlet-wins-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/](https://orangeslices.ai/gauntlet-wins-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/) # 3. Fearless Solutions: $756,000.00 * **Task Order ID:** `2032L226F00061` * Fearless Solutions was awarded this task order to train federal developers on seamlessly integrating AI utilities and automated testing into standard agile software workflows and continuous deployment pipelines. * [https://orangeslices.ai/fearless-wins-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/](https://orangeslices.ai/fearless-wins-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/) # 4. SoKat Consulting: $552,360.00 * **Task Order ID:** `2032L226F00063` * **Scope:** SoKat Consulting secured funding to deliver specialized training focused on advanced data stewardship, secure custom LLM assistants, and regulatory-compliant agentic workflows. * [https://orangeslices.ai/sokat-beats-out-3-to-win-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/](https://orangeslices.ai/sokat-beats-out-3-to-win-department-of-the-treasury-artificial-intelligence-engineer-workforce-development-task/)