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

Despite the Pentagon recently designating it as a supply chain risk, Anthropic is still talking to senior members of the Trump administration.

There were earlier signs of a thawing relationship – or a sense that not all parts of the administration wanted to part ways with Anthropic – with reports saying that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell were encouraging CEOs of major banks to try Anthropic’s new Mythos model.

Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark seemed to confirm this.stating that the ongoing fight over supply chain risk designation is a “limited contractual dispute” that would not interfere with the company’s willingness to inform the government about its latest models.

Then on Friday, Axios reported that Bessent and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. In a statement, the White House described this as an “introductory meeting” that was “productive and constructive.”

“We discussed opportunities for collaboration as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling this technology,” the White House said.

Similarly, Anthropic issued a statement confirming that Amodei had 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, US 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 military use of Anthropic’s models; The AI ​​company sought to maintain safeguards around the use of its technology for fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. (Open AI quickly announced its own military agreementwhich leads some consumer reaction.)

Later, the Pentagon declared Anthropic as a supply chain risk – a label that is generally reserved for foreign adversaries and could severely limit government use of Anthropic models. the company is challenge that designation in court.

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