OpenAI and Anthropic poach Trump officials as industry fights for Washington’s trust

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OpenAI and Anthropic poach Trump officials as industry fights for Washington’s trust

Published Fri, Oct 9 2026

7:00 AM EDT

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OpenAI and Anthropic poach Trump officials as industry fights for Washington’s trust

Published Fri, Oct 9 2026

7:00 AM EDT

Updated An Hour Ago

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

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Key Points

Anthropic and OpenAI are hiring officials from the Trump administration as the AI sector scrambles to strengthen ties to Washington.

The companies have been looking to people with political experience as frontier tech is increasingly viewed as a national security issue.

Both Anthropic and OpenAI are also currently hiring for multiple political engagements roles.

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Anthropic and OpenAI are poaching officials from the Trump administration for senior roles as the AI sector scrambles to strengthen ties to Washington, with frontier tech increasingly viewed as a national security issue.

This year, Anthropic has appointed at least two former Trump officials, one to its board and another as the head of its frontier compute strategy. OpenAI has hired at least three from the president’s administrations to work across strategy and special projects.

Companies developing frontier AI have been racing to build relationships with the U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House, amid growing

calls for regulation

and in the wake of a number of

cybersecurity incidents

caused by rogue AI systems.

"Frontier AI companies are aware that the Trump administration has a lot of levers over their business, from federal procurement and supply-chain designations to export controls and everything in between, and that it's willing to use them," said Michelle Nie Duncan, visiting fellow with the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security.

"They have learned from the Anthropic episode that it pays to be on the good side of the White House," she told CNBC.

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来源: Brave/cnbc.com