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Anthropic CEO to Dine With Trump After Pentagon Ban Ruling

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will attend a private dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday.
The dinner follows a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld the Pentagon’s exclusion of Anthropic on September 25, 2026.
A California federal judge last month ruled the broader Pentagon ban on Anthropic illegal.
Anthropic is preparing for a blockbuster IPO in weeks, targeting a near-trillion-dollar valuation.

History

Historical Context

The Pentagon created the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center on June 27, 2018 under the Defense Department’s CIO to coordinate department-wide AI efforts. After a 2021 AI symposium launched the AI and Data Accelerator, the JAIC merged with the Defense Digital Service and the Office of Advancing Analytics into the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office on June 1, 2022, consolidating its authority.

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Story summary

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will attend a private dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday.
The dinner follows a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld the Pentagon’s exclusion of Anthropic on September 25, 2026.
A California federal judge last month ruled the broader Pentagon ban on Anthropic illegal.
Anthropic is preparing for a blockbuster IPO in weeks, targeting a near-trillion-dollar valuation.

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