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Agile4Vets LLC (A4V) Awarded VA’s IHT 2.0 Contract to Transform Veteran Healthcare Services

H2O.ai selected as team member to Agile4Vets LLC

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H2O.ai, the world’s leading agentic AI company, and a pioneer in sovereign AI with secure, on-premise and air-gapped deployments is proud to announce its selection as a team member to Agile4Vets LLC (A4V) – an all-Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Joint Venture between HRS Consulting, Inc., Oxford Government Consulting LLC, and 4th Sector LLC - on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration Integrated Healthcare Transformation (VHA IHT) 2.0 contract, a cornerstone program designed to enhance benefits and services for Veterans across every health care market in the United States while delivering strong value to taxpayers and our community partners.

The IHT 2.0 program emphasizes innovation, competition, and flexibility in delivering healthcare-focused services. As an awardee, H2O.ai will play a vital role within A4V in advancing VHA’s mission to provide high-quality care and benefits to Veterans.

Key benefits of this contract include:

  • Supporting Veterans through the delivery of Veteran-centric, healthcare-specific program solutions that improve outcomes and experiences.
  • Maximizing Taxpayer Value through efficiencies including streamlined procurement, increased competition, and optimized processes to ensure responsible use of public funds.
  • Enhanced Services by optimizing integrated service offerings for Veterans with enhanced capabilities designed specifically for healthcare transformation, thus enabling the Veterans Health Administration to deliver the best care all the time across every healthcare market in the United States.
  • Mission Commitment by directly contributing to the sacred mission of serving Veterans and ensuring they receive the care and services they deserve.
  • Future Opportunities through significant subcontracting and teaming opportunities to strengthen collaboration toward the singular goal of Veteran Health delivery across critical VA initiatives.

“This award is a tremendous honor and responsibility,” said Spence Byrum, A4V's Managing Member. “Veterans ourselves, we are deeply committed to supporting the VA’s mission and ensuring that Veterans receive the highest quality and safest possible healthcare services to meet their needs and preferences while also maximizing value for taxpayers.”

“As an all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Joint Venture, this award is more than a contract, it is a commitment to our fellow Veterans that we will continue to help deliver the high-quality care and benefits they have earned,” said Dev Kalyan, CEO and Founder of 4th Sector.

“It’s a privilege to serve those who served. With this partnership, our aim is to modernize health access for Veterans and to build a more agile, data-driven future for care,” said Sri Ambati, Founder & CEO of H2O.ai. “This work reflects H2O.ai’s mission to use AI for good, where impact is measured in lives improved. We are honored to join Dev Kalyan and the Agile4Vets team to help bring the power of responsible AI directly to the healthcare mission of the VA.”

The IHT 2.0 contract positions Team A4V to deliver innovative solutions, expand mission-oriented partnerships, and help shape the future of Veteran healthcare for years to come.

Learn more about H2O.ai solutions for the U.S. Federal Government here.

About H2O.ai

Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI. As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built GenAI applications on their private data. With a focus on Sovereign AI—secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible deployments—H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy, security, and control.

For the U.S. Federal Government, H2O.ai provides sovereign, air-gapped AI that is mission-ready, field-tested, and fully auditable. Federal agencies can deploy H2O.ai at the edge, in secure data centers, or classified environments to power mission-critical use cases—from cybersecurity and vulnerability triage to secure document analysis, disaster prediction, and border resource planning.

H2O.ai open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Singtel, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.

H2O.ai partners include Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), NVIDIA, Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and VAST. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program supports nonprofit groups, foundations, and communities in advancing education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. With a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists worldwide, H2O.ai aims to co-create valuable AI applications for all users.

H2O.ai has raised $256 million from investors, including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures and New York Life.

For more information, visit www.h2o.ai.

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