Anthropic Hires Ballard Partners After Pentagon Risk

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- Anthropic PBC hired Ballard Partners to lobby the Pentagon after being labeled a supply‑chain risk (Bloomberg).
- Ballard Partners is a lobbying firm with strong Trump‑administration ties (Bloomberg).
- U.S. Department of Defense designated Anthropic as a supply‑chain risk, prompting the lobbying effort (Bloomberg).
Why it matters: Anthropic’s lobbying could affect its eligibility for future Pentagon contracts.
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