# Project Maven **Domain:** Military AI / Intelligence analysis **Doc Type:** Developed Program Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Project Maven**, formally the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, is a U.S. Department of Defense initiative begun in 2017 to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in analyzing imagery and other operational data. ## Significance Maven connects sensing, machine classification, analyst workflow, and operational decision support. It belongs in the article's ontology tier because recognition becomes consequential only through a human-machine process with provenance, confidence, tasking, review, and rules for action. ## Routes [[wiki/Palantir Ontology|Palantir Ontology]] · [[wiki/Algorithmic Governance|Algorithmic Governance]] · [[wiki/Operational Terrain of Meaning|Operational Terrain of Meaning]] · [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]] ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage|America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage]] - [U.S. Department of Defense, Project Maven announcement](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/1254719/project-maven-to-deploy-computer-algorithms-to-war-zone-by-years-end/)