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Air AI
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Air
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air.ai
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2016
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Operating
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Headcount rangeband
11–50
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersPhoenix, United States
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Phoenix
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices2 records

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
defense readiness software, enterprise readiness platform, defense acquisition software, government supply chain analytics, national security AI platform
Industry1 code
1End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management)
CodeHDAEANAAPrimaryYes
NAICS code1 code
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services54151
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Computer Programming Services7371
Product category
Defense Enterprise Readiness Software
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Enterprise Software Platform
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

Air provides an AI-native enterprise readiness platform to government agencies and defense contractors. The platform is sold as a software subscription/service to defense and national security organizations. Based on the enterprise sales motion and government customer base, revenue is generated through multi-year contracts with federal agencies and defense organizations.

air.ai
Marketing channels6 records

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Distribution channels1 record

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Cost components4 values
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeSoftware
Software
Core offering1 text field

Air (formerly Govini) sells an AI-native Enterprise Readiness platform built on three layers—Activation (data foundation), Orchestration (workflows and agents), and Execution (mission outcomes)—that integrates commercial, supplier, enterprise, and operational data into a single Readiness Graph. The platform is purpose-built for U.S. defense and national security agencies to close the Readiness Gap between frontline needs and enterprise delivery across the full defense lifecycle (acquisition, production, supply chain, sustainment, MRO, and warfighter logistics).

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 of 9 values shown
  • 80% faster materiel release (15 months to 3 months)
+8 more records
Product overview1 text field

Air is an AI-native enterprise software company (formerly Govini) that offers a unified platform called Air Enterprise Readiness. The platform consists of three architectural layers—Activation (data foundation), Orchestration (workflows and agents), and Execution (mission outcomes)—supported by the Readiness Graph as a unified data foundation. The platform includes four integrated solution modules: Acquisition and Production (accelerates capabilities from requirement to fielding), Supply Chain and Sustainment (coordinates industrial capacity and supplier risk), Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (unifies maintenance and parts management), and Warfighter Sustainment (synchronizes logistics and distribution for forward-deployed operations). Together, these solutions span the full defense lifecycle from development through sustainment.

Product and service5 records
1Air Enterprise Readiness Platform
CategoryCore Platform
Description

AI-native enterprise software platform purpose-built for defense and national security customers to coordinate continuous readiness across the develop-produce-deliver-sustain lifecycle. Sold via direct enterprise contracts to federal agencies.

2Acquisition and Production
CategorySolution Module
Description

Solution module that identifies, evaluates, and accelerates next-generation capabilities and coordinates resilient industrial capacity and scaled production for defense acquisition teams.

3Supply Chain and Sustainment
CategorySolution Module
Description

Solution module that connects supplier risk, production capacity, and parts management to maximize asset availability for defense logistics and sustainment teams.

4Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul
CategorySolution Module
Description

Solution module that unifies maintenance, lifecycle tracking, and parts management to maximize asset availability and reduce turnaround time for military weapon systems, fleets, and platforms.

5Warfighter Sustainment
CategorySolution Module
Description

Solution module that synchronizes logistics, distribution, and operational deployment to maximize availability of assets across contested environments and global distribution networks.

Scale indicator14 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership1 partner
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2026-01-27
Description

NDIA announced a 2026 Visionary Strategic Partnership with Govini (now Air) on January 27, 2026. This partnership positions Air as a key thought leader in the defense industry and enables collaboration on defense acquisition and modernization initiatives through NDIA's industry events and programs.

Recent move6 records

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Expansion highlight5 records

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Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

Enterprise AI/data platform with deep U.S. defense and government penetration (Gotham, Foundry). Directly competes for similar AI-native defense enterprise software spend and overlaps on AI orchestration for acquisition and logistics workflows.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Larger, well-capitalized defense tech company with an expanding AI software platform (Lattice) that increasingly competes in command, control, and sustainment — overlapping with Air's defense AI orchestration thesis even though hardware is its anchor.

TypeDirect peer
Description

AI platform purpose-built for national security and intelligence customers, competing for similar defense AI workloads across unstructured data, intelligence workflows, and mission-critical analytic automation.

TypeEmerging player
Description

AI/ML-focused defense software company building mission-oriented enterprise products for DoD. Competes for overlapping defense AI procurement opportunities and is similarly venture-backed and startup-scale.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Enterprise data and AI platform (with FedRAMP offerings) increasingly used by DoD agencies. Competes for the underlying data foundation and AI orchestration layer that Air's Readiness Graph centralizes.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Enterprise AI application platform with a government/defense vertical. Competes for similar AI-native defense enterprise software contracts and large-scale agency deployments.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Major defense and federal IT services contractor with a growing AI/digital practice. Frequently competes for or partners around DoD acquisition, sustainment, and analytics digital transformation work.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Large defense IT integrator with deep DoD program office relationships across acquisition and sustainment — a likely incumbent or partner that competes for the same enterprise contracts Air targets.

TypeEmerging player
Description

AI-enabled defense autonomy company that has expanded into broader defense software product lines; competes for venture-backed defense AI mindshare and adjacent DoD enterprise software spend.

TypeOthers
Description

Smaller federal AI/digital consultancies (e.g., Accelint / Digital Mobilizations Inc. ecosystem) that frequently subcontract or partner around defense acquisition and sustainment modernization — directly comparable as a buyer-of-record or prime-ecosystem competitor for Air's wedge.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat6 records

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Key risks6 records

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Key highlights6 records

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Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers7 records

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Name, Industry, Type, Use case, Source, UUID

Segment4 records

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI capability5 records

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Type, Description, Source

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Feature5 records

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Core technology
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Number of profiles
Profiles11 records

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds1 record

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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Air AI

Defense Enterprise Readiness Softwareair.ai

Air AI firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Air AI
Legal name
Air
Website
https://air.ai
Company type
Private
Founded year
2016
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Air AI industry classification

Industry
Product category
Defense Enterprise Readiness Software
NAICS
Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
SIC
Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
akta.pro primary industry
End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

Keywords

  • Defense readiness software
  • Enterprise readiness platform
  • Defense acquisition software
  • Government supply chain analytics
  • National security AI platform

Where Air AI is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Phoenix
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Air AI business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

  1. Enterprise Software Platform: Air provides an AI-native enterprise readiness platform to government agencies and defense contractors. The platform is sold as a software subscription/service to defense and national security organizations. Based on the enterprise sales motion and government customer base, revenue is generated through multi-year contracts with federal agencies and defense organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Air AI product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Air (formerly Govini) sells an AI-native Enterprise Readiness platform built on three layers—Activation (data foundation), Orchestration (workflows and agents), and Execution (mission outcomes)—that integrates commercial, supplier, enterprise, and operational data into a single Readiness Graph. The platform is purpose-built for U.S. defense and national security agencies to close the Readiness Gap between frontline needs and enterprise delivery across the full defense lifecycle (acquisition, production, supply chain, sustainment, MRO, and warfighter logistics).

Product overview

Air is an AI-native enterprise software company (formerly Govini) that offers a unified platform called Air Enterprise Readiness. The platform consists of three architectural layers—Activation (data foundation), Orchestration (workflows and agents), and Execution (mission outcomes)—supported by the Readiness Graph as a unified data foundation. The platform includes four integrated solution modules: Acquisition and Production (accelerates capabilities from requirement to fielding), Supply Chain and Sustainment (coordinates industrial capacity and supplier risk), Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (unifies maintenance and parts management), and Warfighter Sustainment (synchronizes logistics and distribution for forward-deployed operations). Together, these solutions span the full defense lifecycle from development through sustainment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Air Enterprise Readiness Platform AI-native enterprise software platform purpose-built for defense and national security customers to coordinate continuous readiness across the develop-produce-deliver-sustain lifecycle. Sold via direct enterprise contracts to federal agencies.
  • Acquisition and Production Solution module that identifies, evaluates, and accelerates next-generation capabilities and coordinates resilient industrial capacity and scaled production for defense acquisition teams.
  • Supply Chain and Sustainment Solution module that connects supplier risk, production capacity, and parts management to maximize asset availability for defense logistics and sustainment teams.
  • Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Solution module that unifies maintenance, lifecycle tracking, and parts management to maximize asset availability and reduce turnaround time for military weapon systems, fleets, and platforms.
  • Warfighter Sustainment Solution module that synchronizes logistics, distribution, and operational deployment to maximize availability of assets across contested environments and global distribution networks.

Quantifiable outcome

  • 80% faster materiel release (15 months to 3 months)
  • +8 more outcomes

Companies that use Air AI

Customer profile

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Air AI technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Air AI partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

  • NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2026NDIA announced a 2026 Visionary Strategic Partnership with Govini (now Air) on January 27, 2026. This partnership positions Air as a key thought leader in the defense industry and enables collaboration on defense acquisition and modernization initiatives through NDIA's industry events and programs.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Air AI competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Palantir Technologies: Enterprise AI/data platform with deep U.S. defense and government penetration (Gotham, Foundry). Directly competes for similar AI-native defense enterprise software spend and overlaps on AI orchestration for acquisition and logistics workflows.
  • Primer.ai: AI platform purpose-built for national security and intelligence customers, competing for similar defense AI workloads across unstructured data, intelligence workflows, and mission-critical analytic automation.

Broad incumbents

  • Anduril Industries: Larger, well-capitalized defense tech company with an expanding AI software platform (Lattice) that increasingly competes in command, control, and sustainment — overlapping with Air's defense AI orchestration thesis even though hardware is its anchor.
  • Databricks: Enterprise data and AI platform (with FedRAMP offerings) increasingly used by DoD agencies. Competes for the underlying data foundation and AI orchestration layer that Air's Readiness Graph centralizes.
  • C3.ai: Enterprise AI application platform with a government/defense vertical. Competes for similar AI-native defense enterprise software contracts and large-scale agency deployments.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton: Major defense and federal IT services contractor with a growing AI/digital practice. Frequently competes for or partners around DoD acquisition, sustainment, and analytics digital transformation work.
  • SAIC: Large defense IT integrator with deep DoD program office relationships across acquisition and sustainment — a likely incumbent or partner that competes for the same enterprise contracts Air targets.

Emerging players

  • Rebellion Defense: AI/ML-focused defense software company building mission-oriented enterprise products for DoD. Competes for overlapping defense AI procurement opportunities and is similarly venture-backed and startup-scale.
  • Shield AI: AI-enabled defense autonomy company that has expanded into broader defense software product lines; competes for venture-backed defense AI mindshare and adjacent DoD enterprise software spend.

Others

  • Booz Allen / DIU-aligned defense tech consultancies: Smaller federal AI/digital consultancies (e.g., Accelint / Digital Mobilizations Inc. ecosystem) that frequently subcontract or partner around defense acquisition and sustainment modernization — directly comparable as a buyer-of-record or prime-ecosystem competitor for Air's wedge.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Air AI social profiles

Digital presence

Air AI compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Air AI financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Air AI leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Air AI funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Air AI M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Air AI

What does Air AI do?

Air (formerly Govini) sells an AI-native Enterprise Readiness platform built on three layers—Activation (data foundation), Orchestration (workflows and agents), and Execution (mission outcomes)—that integrates commercial, supplier, enterprise, and operational data into a single Readiness Graph. The platform is purpose-built for U.S. defense and national security agencies to close the Readiness Gap between frontline needs and enterprise delivery across the full defense lifecycle (acquisition, production, supply chain, sustainment, MRO, and warfighter logistics).

Is Air AI a public or private company?

Air AI is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.

When was Air AI founded?

Air AI was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Air AI based?

Air AI is headquartered in Phoenix, United States, in the North America region.

How does Air AI make money?

One revenue line is on record: enterprise Software Platform.

Who are Air AI's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Palantir Technologies and Primer.ai. Broad incumbents are Anduril Industries, Databricks, C3.ai, Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC. Emerging players are Rebellion Defense and Shield AI. Booz Allen / DIU-aligned defense tech consultancies is listed as an others.

Does Air AI have an API?

No public API is recorded for Air AI.

What industry is Air AI in?

Air AI's product category is Defense Enterprise Readiness Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEANAA, End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management). Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7371.

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