Exclusive: Anduril's Luckey says Pentagon could have been "more forceful" against Anthropic
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By Maria Curi
Published on March 15, 2026.
Anduril Industries founder, Palmer Luckey, supports the Pentagon's decision to blacklist AI giant Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move traditionally reserved for foreign adversaries. This decision could potentially affect hundreds of companies that do business with the Pentagon and potentially lead to them cutting ties with the company. Luckey argues that the Pentagon could face a slippery slope if it allowed every company it does business with to have its own special provisions, creating a patchwork of regulations across all different companies. The dispute arose during contract negotiations over Anthropic's efforts to ensure its models are not used for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.
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