Donated $20 million to Public First Action PAC opposing AI deregulation under the Trump administration. Lobbying spending more than tripled between 2024 and 2025. In March 2026, after being labeled a Pentagon "supply-chain risk" for refusing to allow Claude to be used for autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, Anthropic sued the Trump administration. CEO Amodei called the designation illegal retaliation against protected speech.
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Anthropic announced a partnership with Palantir and AWS in November 2024 to provide Claude to US defense and intelligence agencies, prompting internal employee debate.
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Anthropic — Government Contracts: MIXED Anthropic announced a partnership with Palantir and AWS in November 2024 to provide Claude to US defense and intelligence agencies, prompting internal employee debate. https://reciepts.tech/stance/1170
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See all →In March 2025, Anthropic quietly removed from its website Biden-era voluntary commitments to research AI bias and discrimination, discovered by watchdog The Midas Project and reported by TechCrunch. The removal aligned with broader Trump executive order pressure targeting DEI. Co-founder Jack Clark stated the removal was unintentional and the commitments were restored within days.