AI Giant Anthropic Files to Launch 'AnthroPAC' Amid Clash With Trump Administration
By Jason Nelson
Published on April 4, 2026.
Artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to create a political action committee, AnthroPAC, named after the Anthropic PBC Political Action Committee. The committee is a separate segregated fund tied to the company and is authorized to make political donations funded by employee contributions, capped at $5,000 per employee. This move comes amid an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration over the military use of Anthropic's AI systems, which the company argues is retaliation for its refusal to loosen restrictions on military uses of its AI. The company has filed a federal lawsuit against the government's decision to label the company a national security “supply chain risk”, a designation that barred Pentagon contractors from doing business with the firm.
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