# Pentagon hopes five-minute videos will speed up ‘kill chain’ AI purchases

https://mins.news/en/item/89957

- WIRED, 2026-10-07 15:34 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-hopes-to-speed-up-kill-chain-ai-buys-with-5-minute-videos/

> The Pentagon hopes five-minute videos can accelerate purchases of “kill chain” AI. The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to direct millions of dollars to “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.