The week since has brought more chaos. OpenAI announced it had struck its own deal with the DoD, resulting in employee pushback and Amodei accusing rival CEO Sam Altman of giving “dictator-style praise” to Donald Trump, for which Amodei later apologized. Trump meanwhile denounced Anthropic in an interview with Politico, saying he “fired them like dogs”. On Thursday, the DoD formally declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk and demanded other businesses cut ties – the first time an American company has ever been targeted with the designation – which poses grave financial consequences for the company if fully enacted.