Reducing defense procurement workflows from 3 months to 30 minutes with Bonnie Evangelista, US Department of Defense

A significant portion of inefficiency in government contracting can be attributed to the writing & processing of long-form documents. Internal buyers from the four branches must write these documents to describe their needs and vendors must write them to respond. One forward-thinking group has already found promise in resolving this inefficiency with LLMs.

Topics Covered:

(0:24) Bonnie's role at the DoD

(2:15) If someone wants to buy e.g. a tank, how exactly does that happen?

(6:45) Where do you see those opportunities to accelerate the process? Where do you see opportunity for new technology? 

(10:46) What are those technology projects you're working on to help accelerate this process?

(16:56) How DoD is integrating LLMs in the contracting process

(20:05) What would usually take weeks or months I can now do in 30 minutes

(31:49) What advice do you give entrepreneurs about how to best engage with you?