Anthropic Executives Meet with Trump Administration Officials Amid Pentagon Dispute

Anthropic, an AI company, has engaged in discussions with high-level members of the Trump administration despite a recent Pentagon designation labeling it a supply-chain risk. Reports indicate that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell encouraged heads of major banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model.

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark described the supply-chain risk issue as a narrow contracting dispute that would not affect the company’s briefings to the government on its models.

Recent Meeting Details

On Friday, Axios reported that Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

The White House stated the meeting was introductory, productive, and constructive, focusing on opportunities for collaboration and approaches to address challenges in scaling AI technology. S. leadership in AI, and AI safety.

The company stated it looks forward to continuing these discussions.

Background of

the Dispute The dispute with the Pentagon arose after failed negotiations over the military’s use of Anthropic’s models.

Anthropic sought to maintain safeguards against use in fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. Following the failed talks, the Pentagon declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a label typically for foreign adversaries that could limit government use of its models. Anthropic is challenging this designation in court.

An administration source told Axios that every agency except the Department of Defense wants to use Anthropic’s technology. Separately, OpenAI announced a military deal, which led to some consumer backlash.