Trump says Anthropic deal is ‘possible’ for Department of Defense use
President Donald Trump told CNBC on Tuesday that a deal allowing Anthropic’s AI models to be used within the Department of Defense is “possible.”
“They came to the White House a few days ago and we had very good discussions with them and I think they’re taking shape,” Trump said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “They are very smart and I think they can be very useful.”
Trump’s comments come after the high-profile conflict between the Pentagon and Anthropic came to public attention earlier this year.
The Department of Defense declared Anthropic a supply chain risk in March; This means the claim that the use of the company’s technology threatens US national security. The label requires defense contractors to certify that they are not using Anthropic’s Claude AI models in their work with the military.
Trump also directed all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY STOP all use of Anthropic’s technology.” A Real Social postHe added that his management “will not do business with them again.”
The Pentagon continued to use Claude during the war in Iran.
Anthropic later sued the Trump administration in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., to reverse the blacklisting, and Trump’s social media directive was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
But tensions between the two sides appear to be easing, especially after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with senior management officials on Friday to talk about the company’s powerful new Mythos model.
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also participated in the discussion, which the White House spokesman described as “productive and constructive”.
Anthropic announced Mythos earlier this month, limiting its availability to a select group of companies due to its advanced cybersecurity capabilities. Anthropic said it was in “ongoing discussions” with US government officials about the model.
The Mythos launch came after Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense escalated, but the release opened the door for the company to return to management’s goodwill.
Amodei, for example, joined Bessent and JD Vance in early April to discuss AI cyber readiness, along with other major tech CEOs.
The artificial intelligence startup, founded in 2021, became an early favorite among technologists in Washington, and many were surprised by its sudden ouster.
Antropik signed 200 million dollars The contract was signed with the Pentagon in July, but when the company began negotiating Claude’s deployment to the Department of Defense GenAI.mil Talks on the AI platform in September collapsed.
The Department of Defense wanted Anthropic to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to its models for all lawful purposes, while seeking assurances that Anthropic’s technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance.
The two sides could not reach an agreement.
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