Scoop: Bessent and Wiles met Anthropic's Amodei in sign of thaw
TL;DR
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined a meeting on Friday between White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a source briefed on the meeting told Axios. Why it matters: Anthropic is building tools that could have enormous implications for the federal government. But that same government is currently fighting Anthropic in court after the Pentagon declared it a "supply chain risk." The meeting points to a potential thaw. "This is a big problem. Everyone's complaining. There's all this drama. So this got elevated to Susie to hear Dario out, determine what is bullshit and start to plot a way forward," a Trump adviser told Axios. It was not immediately clear whether the meeting produced a breakthrough. The Anthropic side went in cautiously optimistic. The White House said afterwards that the "introductory meeting" had been "productive and constructive," adding: ".
Nauti's Take
The meeting signals that Anthropic is actively repositioning itself from liability to strategic partner with the US government — a potentially significant shift. Until the supply chain risk designation is formally reversed, this remains political diplomacy without guarantees.
Companies building on Anthropic should track this closely: geopolitical dependency can shift quickly.
Summary
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined a meeting on Friday between White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a source briefed on the meeting told Axios. Why it matters: Anthropic is building tools that could have enormous implications for the federal government.
But that same government is currently fighting Anthropic in court after the Pentagon declared it a "supply chain risk. " The meeting points to a potential thaw.
"This is a big problem. Everyone's complaining.
There's all this drama. So this got elevated to Susie to hear Dario out, determine what is bullshit and start to plot a way forward," a Trump adviser told Axios.
It was not immediately clear whether the meeting produced a breakthrough. The Anthropic side went in cautiously optimistic.
The White House said afterwards that the "introductory meeting" had been "productive and constructive," adding: "
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