Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration appears to be thawing

Despite recently being designated a supply chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to senior members of the Trump administration.

There were earlier signs of a thawing relationship — or a sense that neither part of the administration wanted to cut Anthropic — with reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said they were. encouraging executives from major banks to test Anthropic’s new Mythos model.

Co-founder of Anthropic Jack Clarke confirmed thisclaims that the ongoing fight over the assignment of supply chain risk is a “narrow contractual dispute” that does not preclude the company’s willingness to disclose its latest models to the government.

Then on Friday This was reported by Axios Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met with Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic. In a statement, the White House described it as an “introductory meeting” that was “productive and constructive.”

“We discussed opportunities for cooperation, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address challenges related to the expansion of this technology,” the White House said.

Likewise, Anthropic was released statement Amodein confirms that he “met with senior administration officials for a productive discussion on how anthropic and the US government can work together on key shared priorities such as cybersecurity, America’s leadership in the AI ​​race, and AI security.”

The company added that it “looks forward to continuing these discussions.”

The dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon apparently began after failed negotiations over the military’s use of Anthropic models; The AI ​​company has sought to protect safeguards around the use of its technology for fully autonomous weapons and mass home surveillance. (OpenAI is fast announced his own military treatycauses some consumer response.)

After that, the Pentagon Declared Anthropic a supply chain risk — a tag generally reserved for foreign adversaries and which can severely restrict the use of Anthropic models by the government. It is a company challenge this designation in court.

But it appears the rest of the Trump administration doesn’t share the Pentagon’s hostility, with an administration source telling Axios that “every agency” wants to use the company’s technology except the Department of Defense.