🏛️ ANTHROPIC BEATS OPENAI IN FEDERAL LOBBYING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2026! 💼🤖
📈 Record Spending in Washington
Anthropic nearly tripled its lobbying spend in the US, reaching $3.53 million during the first half of 2026, beating OpenAI by more than $1 million.
For its part, OpenAI nearly doubled its political budget to reach a record figure of $2.22 million.
🏛️ New Targets and the Tech Industry
Federal disclosures indicate that Anthropic, for the first time, added the Department of the Treasury to the agencies targeted by its regulatory efforts.
According to the Issue One group, the 11 largest technology, social media, and artificial intelligence companies (along with Kalshi, which spent $990,000) together spent a combined total of $41 million between January and June 2026.
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