SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Minneapolis, MN · Defense · Private

Space situational awareness platform using optical and radar data to track satellites and orbital debris

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · sift.net

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
Total capital: $119M

Federal grants: $18.2M; 27 awards · 2016–2025; Rank in peer group#1 of 23
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $101M; 90 awards · Defense, NASA, Interior; Rank in Defense#84 of 1442
Granted patents: 16; 4 pending · first 2015; Rank in peer group#4 of 23

Capital timeline

Latest events

Oct 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$140K
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research - AF251-0004 - Promoting Transparent Emic Understanding (proteus)$140K
Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research - AF251-0004 - Promoting Transparent Emic Understanding (proteus)$140K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1.$140K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase 1.$140K
Mar 2025Federal contractInterior · Horatio: Hybrid Online Recognition Of Adversary Tactics In Information Ops$1.0M
Nov 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research Iaw Sow - Switch: Software Initiating Transition Of Capability Hardware$900K

Show 110 earlier federal awards

Nov 2024Federal contractDefense · Research Iaw Sow - Switch: Software Initiating Transition Of Capability Hardware$1.8M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$1.2M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.8M
Sep 2024Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Gut Grief! Developing an educational game to teach high schoolers about the gut microbiome$296K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Projective Plan Recognition With Orbital Analysis Of Conjunctive Threats And Vulnerabilities (proactv)$1.7M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Projective Plan Recognition With Orbital Analysis Of Conjunctive Threats And Vulnerabilities (proactv)$1.7M
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Prospero: Provenance Supporting Pictorial Model Building$1.7M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Prospero: Provenance Supporting Pictorial Model Building$1.7M
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · Darpa STTR Phase II Titled Vanessa$1.8M
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Darpa STTR Phase II Titled Vanessa$500K
Mar 2024Federal contractDefense · Planned Attack Campaigns For Metric Analysis$4.4M
Jan 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I$200K
Aug 2023Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · GENOMICE (Game Exploring Nuances in Offspring to Master Interactions of Chromosome Expression)$400K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · MADEIRA: Multi-Agent Debloating Environment to Increase Robustness in Applications$140K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Brief & Fwa Cert.$239K
Jul 2023Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · GENOMICE (Game Exploring Nuances in Offspring to Master Interactions of Chromosome Expression)$400K
Mar 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · PROACTV - Projective Plan Recognition with Orbital Analysis of Conjunctive Threats and Vulnerabilities$149K
Mar 2023Federal contractDefense · Arakni: Adversary Reasoning Assembling Knowledge Networks With Integrity$150K
Mar 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · HIDEHO: HIerarchical DistributEd Heterogenous Optimization$986K
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$200K
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Collective Allostatic Load$982K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · REPAIRing with an OpenMIND$1.5M
Aug 2022Federal contractInterior · Smart Information Flow Technologies, Llc Phase II SBIR - Repairing With An Openmind$449K
Feb 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · REFLECT: Robust Ecosystem and Framework for LifECycle Transparency$997K
Dec 2021Federal contractDefense · Hi-de-ho: Hierarchical Distributed Heterogenous Optimization$156K
Dec 2021Federal contractDefense · Lexicalized Multi-modal Inference For Natural Grounding$156K
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · Base Period (r&d Services, Travel, Odcs)$323K
Sep 2021Federal contractHealth and Human S · Topic 425: Characterizing Human Activities For Cancer Health Awareness (cha-cha)$390K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Influence Campaign Awareness And Sensemaking (incas) - Develop Techniques And Tools That Enable Analysts To Detect, Characterize, And Track Geopolitical Influence Campaigns With Quantified Confidence$5.1M
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Workspace For Human Machine Analysis$750K
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · Science Of Artificial Intelligence And Learning For Open-world Novelty (sail-on) - Base (phase 1)$2M
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · Artificial Social Intelligence For Successful Teams (asist) Program.$2.9M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Human Interface And Automation For Swarm Management$990K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Advanced Teaming (a-team) Demonstration$5.6M
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Monitoring Emergent Duress Under Long-Lasting Allostasis (MEDULLA)$1.5M
May 2019Federal contractDefense · Neutron: Network Enforcement Using Transactions$746K
May 2019Federal contractDefense · Tybalt-transcending Cyber Barriers With Automated Language Tracking - Darpa SBIR II$1.5M
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · Analyzing Cultural Motif Effects In Networks - SBIR II$1.5M
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · VANESSA: Virtual Analysis Networks and Explanations for Social Sensing Analysis$148K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$125K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Fast Authentication For Tactical Interfaces (fati)$750K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Community Of Measured Peers: Compeer$748K
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Solar Guard$145K
Jun 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$123K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · CPS: Creative Problem Solver$1.5M
Jan 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · REPAIR: Resilient Emergent Properties for Autonomous Agent InteRactions$1.5M
Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa SBIR Phase II To Support Proposal Titled, "repair: Resilient Emergent Properties For Autonomous Agent Interactions"$1.3M
Dec 2017Federal contractDefense · Neutron (network Enforcement Using Transactions)$150K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · Force Protection In Online Info Environment - SBIR I - Darpa ,711HPW$150K
Nov 2017Federal contractInterior · Medulla: Monitoring Emergent Duress Under Long-lasting Allostasis$225K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Xplan: Domain-agnostic Experimental Planning$7.3M
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · GEMINI: Gestalt Mixed Initiative Intelligence$750K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Compeer: Community Of Measured Peers$150K
Apr 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf T162-004-0075 SBIR I$149K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Effort Entitled, "perfecta: Politeness-based Evaluation Of Regard For Finding Efforts To Create Trust And Affiliation"$1.5M
Jan 2017Federal contractDefense · Reserach And Development Igf::ot::igf$6.6M
Dec 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · MC-HAMMER: Mission Control Highly Autonomous Mission Manager for Event Response$150K
Dec 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · ISHIS: Interface System for Human Interaction with Swarms$150K
Nov 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Resilient Emergent Properties for Autonomous Agent InteRactions: REPAIR$149K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SAVANT: Space Situational Awareness Visualization and Vulnerability Analysis Tool$149K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Gemini: Gestalt Mixed-initiative Intelligence$150K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II H2-0127$999K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Progress Report STTR Ph I Igf::ot::igf$80K
Apr 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Formal Synthesis and Verification Techniques for Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems$750K
Jan 2016Federal contractDefense · Stratus$11.7M
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa Baa 15-18 Cwc -$7.3M
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Based On A Series Of Prior And Ongoing Research Projects Funded By NASA And The US Air Force (US Af), We Have Demonstrated Viable Methods To Achieve Accurate Workload Measures (70-100% Accuracy) For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Work Domain Using Linguistics And Keystroke Dynamics. We Believe These Methods Can Be Reconfigured To Use For Spaceflight Operations. These Completely Unobtrusive Measures Of Cognitive Load Can Be Part Of An Overall Workload Assessment Assay And Are Compa$125K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Sift Proposes To Design And Develop The Marshal System, A Mixed-initiative Tool For Maintaining Task Models Over The Course Of Evolving Missions. Sift Will Demonstrate Marshal By Developing It As A Plugin For The Traclabs Pride Procedure Authoring System. A Marshal-enabled Pride Will Learn And Maintain Task Models So That It Can Improve The Consistency And Correctness Of Prl-based Procedures. Marshal Will Monitor Procedures As They Are Authored In Pride, Learning Organizational Con$750K
Feb 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf (STTR Phase I) Hy-circa: Autonomous Synthesis And Verification Of Hybrid Cyber-physical System Controllers$150K
Dec 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIR Dhp Phase I Proposal H141-003-0089 Igf::ot::igf$149K
Nov 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Supervisory Control For Collaboration And Contingency Delegation$671K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Osd SBIR Phase I Topic # OSD14.1-AU3$149K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa Baa 14-14 Big Mechanism$3M
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Sift Proposes To Design And Develop The Marshal System, A Mixed-initiative Tool For Maintaining Task Models Over The Course Of Evolving Missions. Marshal-enabled Planning And Scheduling Systems Will Maintain Task Models So That They Are In Tighter Correspondence With The Current Operating Context. Marshal Will Provide A Simple Dialogue Based Interface To Update Models And Affordances For Incomplete Or Imprecise User Inputs. Marshal Will Actively Diagnose User Created Plans To Identi$125K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Af, Sbir-i, FLA2SH: Flexible Levels Of Adaptable Autonomy For Sensor Handling$142K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Fuzzbomb: Fully Automated Cyber Reasoning System$750K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Camo: Cognitive Assessment And Monitoring Of Operators$149K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Studies In Ground-based Analogs Of Isolated And Confined Environments (ice) Have Identified Sensory Monotony And Social Isolation As Threats To Crew Psychological Well-being. Further, The Lack Of Real-time Communications In Future Missions Will Impact Crew Interactions With Their Support Systems, I.e. Family, Friends, And Colleagues, Are Critical. Ansible (a Network Of Social Interactions For Bilateral Life Enhancement) Leverages Evidence Based Strategies To 1) Augment Asynchronous$865K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Af, Sbir-i; Canto: The Constructive Agent Nli Toolkit$150K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Ansible (a Network Of Social Interactions For Bilateral Life Enhancement) Can Be Used Pre, During, And Post Flight To Connect The Flight Crew With Their Family, Friends, And The Ground Crew To Provide A Sense Of Social Consistency And Permanence. Ansible Is A Multi-modal Toolset That 1) Adapts,rearranges, And Modifies Human Interaction Streams To Minimize The Disruptive Impact Of Communication Latencies And 2) Leverages Virtual Worlds (vw) To Provide A Space Where Humans And Intelli$124K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ll-hammer: Long Lived Highly Autonomous Mission Manager$150K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Statistical Verification,explanation Based Learning, And Interaction Testing (stability)$149K
Apr 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf, DOD 2012-3 SBIR Solicitation$150K
Mar 2013Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Ph II Entitled "saga: Sequential Art Via Game Assistance"$1.7M
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · Grok: Generating Reports On Knowledge (N122-136-0704)$80K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Adept - Advanced Deception Enhancing Technique (osd SBIR I)$149K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$761K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - (O112-H13-3141)$150K
Dec 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR I - Dhammer$149K
Oct 2011Federal contractDefense · Darpa Phase I Small Business Inavative Research (SBIR)$149K
Aug 2011Federal contractInterior · Sat-circa: Verifiable Real-time Autonomy For Satellites$750K
Dec 2010Federal contractDefense · SIFT$1.1M
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Prismatic: Unified Hierarchical Probabilistic Verification$1.6M
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Crash$4M
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Dtacss: Decision-theoretic Automation For Coordinated Space Surveillance$100K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Hydra$99K
Feb 2010Federal contractNASA · NASA Operates Manned Spacecraft According To Rigorously-defined Standard Operating Procedures. Unfortunately, Operating Procedures Are Often Written In Different Languages. For Example, Orion Will Use Automatic Procedures Written In Scl, The Spacecraft Command Language, While Backup Manual Procedures May Be Developed In Prl, The Procedure Representation Language. However, Procedures Developed In Different Languages May Diverge, So That The Backup Prl Procedures Do Not Operate In The Same Way As $600K
Feb 2010Federal contractInterior · SBIR Phase I, "parcel: Planning And Rewards For Community Enabled Learning"$99K
Feb 2010Federal contractInterior · SBIR FY09.3 Phase 1 Smart Information Technologies, (sift) "sat-circa: Verifiable Real-time Autonomy For Satellites"$99K
Nov 2009Federal contractDefense · Grasp: Global Recognition Of Attacker Signatures And Policy$99K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$378K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$69K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$96K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Ph II$734K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Problem: Ensuring That Command Execution Scripts Do Not Deviate From Standard Operating Procedures (sops) Is Time-consuming, Costly, And Error-prone. Deviations Can Be Inefficient Or Hazardous. Solution: We Propose To Design And Develop Safe-p, An Interactive Tool To Ensure Conformance Between Command Scripts And Procedures, Or Guide Users To Clarify Their Rationale For Deviations. Using Semantic Differencing And Formal Verification Of Bisimulation Relations, Safe-p Will Ensure That The Scrip$100K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · Osd SBIR Phase 1 O082-H06-3014$100K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · Delegation In LOA3 Space - Ph II$780K
Nov 2007Federal contractDefense · Research$99K
Dec 2006Federal contractNASA · An Automated Evaluation And Critiquing Aid For User Interface Design$598K
Apr 2006Federal contractDefense · 200607!005529!5700!FA8650!DET 1 Afrl/pk !FA865006C6635 !a!n! !y! ! !20060412!20080408!103477993!103477993!103477993!N!SMART Information Flow TECHNOL!211 N 1ST St, Ste 300 !minneapolis !MN!55401!43000!053!27!MINNEAPOLIS !hennepin !minnesota !+000000250000!N!N!000000748951!AZ11!RDTE/OTHER Research & Development-basic Research !C9E!ALL Other Supplies And Equipment !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$749K

Federal awards are summed by year (117 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 23 peers

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Defense · Platform

Federal grants#1 · top 4%
Granted patents#4 · top 17%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 16 granted of 20

May 19, 2026GrantedNatural Language Processing for Identifying Bias in a Span of TextUSPTOUS 12,632,670
Dec 9, 2025GrantedNatural Language Processing for Bias IdentificationUSPTOUS 12,493,751
Jul 17, 2025PendingComputer Architecture for Prediction Using Consistency RulesUSPTOApplication 19098506

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Natural Language Processing for Identifying Bias in a Span of TextMay 19, 2026 · US 12,632,670Granted
Natural Language Processing for Bias IdentificationDec 9, 2025 · US 12,493,751Granted
Computer Architecture for Prediction Using Consistency RulesJul 17, 2025 · Application 19098506Pending
Computer Architecture for Identification of Nonlinear Control PoliciesMay 13, 2025 · US 12,298,774Granted
Computer Architecture for Plan RecognitionMay 6, 2025 · US 12,292,876Granted
Provenance Analysis Systems And MethodsJun 28, 2022 · US 11,372,854Granted
Provenance Analysis Systems And MethodsDec 30, 2021 · Application 16913925Pending
Methods And Systems For Adaptable Targeting Of An Object Or EventMar 30, 2021 · US 10,963,703Granted
Methods And Systems For Defending Against Cyber-attacksJan 7, 2020 · US 10,528,729Granted
Systems And Methods For Determining Social PerceptionFeb 26, 2019 · US 10,217,049Granted
Systems And Methods For Determining Social PerceptionFeb 26, 2019 · US 10,217,050Granted
Systems And Methods For Determining Social PerceptionFeb 26, 2019 · US 10,217,051Granted
Methods And Systems For Defending Against Cyber-attacksOct 23, 2018 · US 10,108,798Granted
Stimulus Recognition Training And Detection MethodsNov 28, 2017 · US 9,830,830Granted
Stimulus Recognition Training And Detection MethodsSep 5, 2017 · US 9,754,502Granted
Systems And Methods For Performing Security Authentication Based On Responses To Observed StimuliOct 25, 2016 · US 9,477,823Granted
Stimulus Recognition Training And Detection MethodsJul 12, 2016 · US 9,390,627Granted
Systems And Methods For Determining Social Perception ScoresJun 9, 2015 · US 9,053,421Granted
Computer Architecture for Plan RecognitionApplication 63341157Pending
Natural Language Processing for Addressing BiasApplication 63325914Pending

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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