MinIO AIStor Assessed “Awardable” for Department of War Work in the CDAO’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace

AIStor delivers object storage purpose-built for the unique demands of government agencies—where speed, security, and sovereignty are non-negotiable

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MinIO, the data foundation for enterprise AI, today announced that MinIO AIStor, the Exascale Data Store for the AI Enterprise, has been designated “Awardable” by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds, the Department of War’s (DoW’s) suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), data, and analytics capabilities.

Achieving “Awardable” status means DoW customers can more easily evaluate, engage, and acquire AIStor as a mission-ready AI data store for workloads spanning sensor, edge, on-premises, and sovereign cloud environments.

“Data is the fuel for every modern AI system, and MinIO AIStor is purpose-built to ensure that government missions have fast, scalable, and resilient access to that data,” said Cameron Chehreh, President & GM, MinIO Government. “Achieving 'Awardable' status by the Tradewinds Marketplace is an honor and validates that MinIO is a trusted partner for secure, sovereign AI data infrastructure at scale.”

MinIO AIStor is the high-performance data foundation used across defense and civilian agencies to store, move, and operationalize AI-ready data from core to cloud to the tactical edge. With AIStor, agencies can:

• Unify mission data in a scalable, S3-compatible object storage layer optimized for AI
• Accelerate AI workflows with high-throughput, low-latency access to trusted data
• Secure sensitive environments with encryption, identity controls, and KMS/HSM integration
• Integrate seamlessly with AI/ML frameworks, vector databases, and analytics tools
• Build resilient, multi-site pipelines for mission continuity across domains

MinIO is honored to support the DoW’s mission and works to operationalize data and unify AI infrastructure to power the mission from sensor to the tactical edge, addressing complexities such as operational scale, security and compliance, data accessibility, modernization mandates, and more.

Government customers interested in exploring MinIO AIStor can create a Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace account at tradewindAI.com. To learn more about MinIO for government, visit MinIO’s website here.

Resources

• MinIO AIStor Product Page
• AIStor Tables: Technical Deep Dive
• Solving The Challenges of On-Prem Sovereign AI for Government Agencies
• MinIO Named One of the Fastest-Growing AI Companies in North America on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

About MinIO

MinIO is the data foundation for enterprise AI. Built for exascale performance and limitless scale, MinIO AIStor delivers a secure, sovereign, and AI-ready data store that spans from edge to core to cloud. With rampant adoption across the Fortune 100 and 500, MinIO is redefining how organizations and government agencies store, manage, and mobilize all of their data in the AI era. MinIO is backed by Jerry Yang's AME Cloud Ventures, Dell Technologies, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Softbank Vision Fund 2 and others.

About the Tradewinds Solution Marketplace

The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) most significant challenges in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data and analytics space. All awardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and competitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a Marketplace account. Government customers can create an account at www.tradewindAI.com. Tradewinds is housed in the DoD’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office.