# State Department Expands Enterprise AI

The U.S. Department of State has trained roughly 55,000 employees in generative AI and expanded StateChat into a department-wide enterprise tool. The department emphasizes user feedback, practical safeguards, and employee judgment when evaluating AI outputs. This signals an operational focus on enterprise AI adoption, but the signal identifies no solicitation, contract award, funding amount, or procurement contact.

- Secure enterprise AI providers and implementation contractors may find demand for platforms, adoption support, employee training, and governance capabilities.
- Companies pursuing this market should be prepared to demonstrate how their offerings support safeguards, user feedback, and responsible employee use; the signal does not establish a specific procurement opportunity.
- Erik Peterson, StateChat’s generative AI product owner, is the identified program stakeholder.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 19, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of State (State Department)

### Vendors
- F5 ()
- Carahsoft ()

### Sources
- [How the State Department is Putting AI to Work](https://www.nextgov.com/assets/how-state-department-putting-ai-work/portal) - Nextgov/FCW