What Gladstone AI does

Gladstone AI is a for-profit, privately held AI advisory and technology company founded in 2022 by CEO Jeremie Harris and CTO Edouard Harris, brothers who previously built Y Combinator-backed AI startups. The firm was established in response to the GPT-3 release and the subsequent race to scale frontier AI, with a mission to help the U.S. government and allied institutions understand advanced AI capabilities and mitigate national security risks. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, the company operates with a small team (1–10 employees), holds no institutional investors, and presents its independence as a deliberate strategic choice aligned with U.S. government customer interests.

The company's product portfolio spans four core offerings. First, the Foundations of AI Course is a non-technical certification program for government and corporate leaders, developed with input from policy heads at OpenAI, Anthropic, and the World Economic Forum. Second, the AI Observatory (AIO) is a secure software platform that prototypes, tests, and deploys custom generative AI applications inside Microsoft Azure Government Cloud (IL5 enclave for CUI), with deployed applications including an AI Flight Test Assistant that reduces Test Hazard Analysis drafting from 4–8 engineering hours to seconds at roughly $2–3 per draft. Third, the America's Superintelligence Project, launched in April 2025, is a 100+ page policy research report examining frontier AI national security implications. Fourth, AI Policy Support provides direct advisory and briefing services to U.S. Cabinet officials and military leadership.

Gladstone AI generates revenue through professional services: course enrollment fees (application-based intake), custom generative AI development contracts with defense customers, and policy consulting engagements. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, Space Force, multiple Combatant Commands (USCENTCOM, USNORTHCOM, USTRANSCOM), allied governments (U.K., Canada, E.U.), and selected elite organizations including Lockheed Martin, Arizona State University, and BCG. The firm has no disclosed external funding and describes itself as self-sustaining. Its underlying technology stack relies entirely on third-party foundation models (OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude-3.5, Meta Llama-3.1) orchestrated within the Azure GovCloud secure environment; no proprietary model or training pipeline is disclosed.

Name

Gladstone AI

Legal name

Gladstone AI

Website

https://gladstone.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gladstone AI, founded in 2022, is a for-profit AI advisory firm providing AI education, secure custom generative AI application development, and policy advisory services primarily to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments, and select elite organizations via Microsoft Azure GovCloud infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Policy and National Security Advisory Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), AI Tutoring Systems (Conversational Tutors, Homework Helpers) (EDAFAFAC), AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

Keywords

• AI policy advisory
• Defense AI consulting
• AI safety training
• Generative AI prototyping
• National security AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AI Foundations Course: Training public and private sector leaders on AI's uses, benefits, and risks through a certification course. Provides revenue through course enrollment fees.
2. AI Policy Consulting: Working closely with U.S. government agencies to craft national security safeguards for advanced AI. Advisory and consulting services.
3. AI Observatory Development: Custom genAI application development and prototyping services for government customers, including prototyping, testing, and providing scaling roadmaps.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gladstone AI is an AI advisory company that sells AI education (Foundations of AI Course subscription training), custom generative AI application builds via its AI Observatory (AIO) platform on Azure GovCloud/IL5 environments, AI policy support consulting for governments and enterprises, real-time AI breakthrough monitoring through the AI Tracker, and policy research reports such as the America's Superintelligence Project.

Product overview

Gladstone AI is a for-profit advisory company offering a portfolio of AI education, software, and policy services. The core offerings include: (1) Foundations of AI Course - a certification training program for government and corporate leaders; (2) AI Observatory (AIO) - a secure software platform for prototyping and deploying custom generative AI applications for defense use cases; (3) America's Superintelligence Project - a policy research report on AI national security implications; and (4) AI Policy Support - advisory services for government agencies. The company is led by founders Jeremie Harris (CEO) and Edouard Harris (CTO), has no institutional investors, and serves U.S. government customers including DOD, DAF, and allied nations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foundations of AI Course A subscription-based certification course teaching the fundamentals of AI and machine learning to national security professionals, defense personnel, and policy professionals. Delivered as a cohort-based training program with application-based admission.
• AI Observatory (AIO) A software and services capability for prototyping and building custom generative AI applications for government and enterprise clients. The AI Observatory team builds LLM-based applications (e.g., an AI Flight Test Assistant for the U.S. Air Force) on Microsoft Azure GovCloud, often to IL5 security standards, using models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.
• AI Policy Support Consulting and advisory services supporting governments and organizations on AI policy, regulation, and governance. Targeted at policymakers, regulators, and leaders seeking to understand AI capabilities and risks.
• AI Tracker A monitoring and intelligence service that tracks AI advances as they occur and explains what they mean for a client's mandate. Used by policy and government leaders to stay current on AI capability developments.
• America's Superintelligence Project Report A policy research report published in April 2025 outlining a proposed U.S. national strategy for superintelligence and the path for the United States to achieve it.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of DOD staff trained from senior executives to generals and admirals
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, advisory and minor.

• Microsoft Azure Government CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI Observatory applications are deployed within Microsoft Azure's government cloud infrastructure (Azure GovCloud), which uses physically isolated data centers on U.S. soil for high security compliance.
• Edwards Air Force Base - GenAI TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with the GenAI team at Edwards AFB on developing the AI Flight Test Assistant, including Test Card and Test Hazard Analysis automation applications.
• DAF CDAO (Chief Data and AI Office)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government partner for AI Observatory development. DAF CDAO leads evaluation and scaling of AI applications developed by the AIO team.
• SAF/CN (Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Command and Control)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAIO apps are deployed within SAF/CN's Innovation Landing Zone (ILZ), which is ATOed for CUI with genAI. SAF/CN provides accreditation and governance support.
• OpenAIadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenAI's head of AI policy was consulted during development of the Foundations of AI course curriculum. Company maintains research relationships with AI lab researchers.
• AnthropicadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnthropic's head of AI policy was consulted during development of the Foundations of AI course curriculum. AI Observatory apps can use Claude models when appropriate for use case.
• World Economic ForumadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Economic Forum's AI policy leadership consulted during Foundations of AI course development.
• BCG (Boston Consulting Group)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBCG logo appears among trusted customer logos, suggesting training or consulting engagement with BCG professionals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vannevar Labs: Vannevar Labs develops AI-powered intelligence and analytics products for U.S. national security customers, sharing Gladstone's positioning as a small, mission-focused defense AI startup serving intelligence and policy communities.
• Primer.ai: Primer.ai builds custom natural-language processing and generative AI applications for U.S. intelligence and defense customers, closely mirroring Gladstone's mission of deploying domain-specific genAI to national security buyers.
• Govini: Govini provides AI-driven analytics and decision-support software for the U.S. Department of Defense, comparable to Gladstone in its focus on turning AI capability into defense mission outcomes.
• Shield AI: Shield AI develops AI products for defense customers and has deep U.S. Air Force and DoD relationships, comparable to Gladstone's positioning as an AI-native vendor embedded inside defense programs.
• Rebellion Defense: Rebellion Defense builds AI-driven decision intelligence software for the U.S. military, overlapping directly with Gladstone's custom-AI-for-defense thesis and its DAF and Combatant Command customer base.
• Anduril Industries: Anduril is a defense technology prime integrating AI across hardware and software systems for the DoD, representing a larger but directly adjacent competitor pursuing AI applications for the same defense buyers Gladstone serves.
• Scale AI: Scale AI provides custom AI application development and evaluation infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Defense, including the DefenseLLM and Donovan platform, and serves as a near-direct analogue to Gladstone's AI Observatory on Microsoft Azure GovCloud.

Broad incumbents

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a large defense and intelligence consulting prime with an extensive AI practice serving the same DOD, intelligence community, and allied government buyers as Gladstone, often competing on training, advisory, and custom AI engagements.
• C3.ai: C3.ai is an enterprise AI application platform incumbent with a stated focus on defense and federal buyers, offering a competing end-to-end AI platform against Gladstone's AI Observatory product for government use cases.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir is an established data and AI platform incumbent with deep U.S. government and defense relationships (Gotham, Foundry, AIP), offering overlapping generative AI and analytics capabilities that compete for the same federal budget as Gladstone's AI Observatory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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