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- Anthropic has filed with the Federal Election Commission to create an employee-funded political action committee called AnthroPAC.
- The move follows a dispute with the Trump administration over the military use of Claude’s artificial intelligence model.
- The dossier shows how AI companies are preparing to participate more directly in American politics.
AI giant Anthropic has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to create a political action committee, signaling a deeper move in American politics as the fight over AI policy intensifies and its ongoing battle with the White House.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco registered The Program and Budget Committee’s Anthropolitical Action Committee, known as AnthroPAC, in a filing Friday. The committee is set up as a separate, corporate-linked fund, and is authorized to make political donations funded by employee contributions. According to A a report by BloombergThe maximum limit for these contributions is $5,000 per employee.
Employee-funded political action committees (PACs) allow companies to collect voluntary contributions from employees and distribute those funds to candidates and political committees.
Other tech companies that have created PACs include political PACs Google, Microsoftand Amazon. In 2024, the three political action committees alone contributed more than $2.3 million to US political candidates, according to campaign finance data from the nonprofit research group OpenSecrets. While contributions went to both Republicans and Democrats, donations trended toward GOP candidates during the 2024 campaign season.
Anthropic’s move comes during an escalating conflict with President Donald Trump’s administration over the military use of its artificial intelligence systems.
In February, Trump commander Federal agencies decided to stop using Anthropic’s technology after a dispute between the company and the Pentagon over how the military would deploy its Claude AI model. Despite the ultimatum issued by the US Department of Defense, Anthropology to reject The Pentagon is demanding that safeguards prohibiting the system’s use of mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons be removed.
In March, Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit lawsuit Challenging the government’s decision to classify the company as a national security “supply chain risk,” a designation that barred Pentagon contractors from doing business with the company. The company said the move was in retaliation for its refusal to ease restrictions on military uses of its AI technology.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin Issued A preliminary injunction blocks enforcement of the designation, finding that the government’s actions likely violated Anthropic’s First Amendment and due process rights.
Anthropic has not publicly addressed the issue of creating a political action committee. However, it comes as AI legislation is a growing issue in Washington ahead of the US midterm elections, and highlights how AI developers hope to influence policy through 2027. CNBC He said that in 2026, he gave Anthropy 20 million dollars In donations to Public First Action, a group that supports efforts to advance AI safeguards.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment previously Decryption.
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