GSA and Perplexity announce first AI procurement agreement since shutdown

The General Services Administration on Nov. 19 announced an agreement with AI firm Perplexity to provide federal agencies with “research and drafting capabilities at deeply discounted pricing,” in the first deal for artificial intelligence services unveiled since the recent end of the government shutdown.

“Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a first-of-its-kind direct OneGov agreement with Perplexity, providing federal agencies with secure, enterprise-grade AI research and drafting capabilities at deeply discounted pricing,” GSA announced. “Under this agreement,...