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Trump Confirms Potential DoD Contract with Anthropic Amid Amazon Investment

Following a White House meeting involving President Trump and Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei, discussions around a potential defense contract for the AI startup have intensified. Concurrently, Amazon has announced a $25 billion investment in Anthropic, expanding their partnership significantly.

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The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic - and is now telling banks to use its AI

Repeated reporting is beginning to cohere into a trackable narrative.

Momentum
70%
Confidence trend
94%0
First seen
14 Apr 2026, 8:35 am
Narrative formation start
Last active
13 Apr 2026, 7:52 pm
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AIConfidence 95%2 sources13 Apr 2026, 7:52 pm

The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic - and is now telling banks to use its AI

In short: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell are urging Wall Street's biggest banks to test Anthropic's Mythos AI model for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, even as the Pentagon fights Anthropic in court after branding it a supply chain risk for refusing to remove safety guardrails on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. JPMorgan Chase, [...] This story continues at The Next Web

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