Anthropic is actively courting the Trump administration despite the Pentagon flagging the company as a supply-chain risk. CEO Dario Amodei met with Vice President JD Vance, and the company is lobbying against strict AI export controls that could limit its global business.
The tension here is worth understanding precisely: a company the Defense Department considers a security liability is simultaneously seeking federal contracts and policy influence. Anthropic wants to be both a national security partner and a commercial AI exporter. Those two positions are in direct conflict, and the administration has not yet forced a choice.
Read the full piece for the specific officials Anthropic has met with and the timeline of outreach, which reveals how quickly the relationship shifted after the Pentagon designation. The lobbying strategy, not the meetings themselves, is the real story.
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