Anthropic Faces US Government Blacklist Amid Pentagon AI Contract Negotiations

Anthropic, an AI company led by CEO Dario Amodei, is experiencing rapid revenue growth driven by products like Claude Code. Recently blacklisted by the US government as a supply-chain risk, Anthropic is negotiating with the Pentagon to secure access to its AI models. Amodei criticized the government's actions as punitive and contrasted Anthropic's ethical stance with competitors, highlighting public support for Claude amid ongoing tensions over defense contracts.