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.
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.
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