AnthroPAC splits Q3 donations between parties
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- 16 October 2026
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- GPT-6 Astra168 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5107 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon198 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7137 days after its cutoff
None of these four assistants can know about it. The closest, Claude Opus 5.5, stops 107 days before it.
Key facts
- Total Q3 2026: ~$256,750; Republicans $130,000 (50.6%), Democrats $126,750 (49.4%)
- By month: $17,500 (July), ~$77,000 (August), $161,000 (September)
- Recipients included Republican Sens. Mike Rounds and Kevin Cramer and Rep. Tom Emmer; Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla and Mark Warner; plus the NRSC and the DSCC
- AnthroPAC was formed in April 2026 and has a bipartisan board; Anthropic cannot fund it directly; employee contributions are capped at $5,000 a year
- Context: Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and Amazon run similar employee PACs; Anthropic is still in litigation with the administration over the Pentagon supply-chain-risk designation
What happened
The Hill obtained AnthroPAC’s third-quarter records. The PAC gave about $257,000, split almost exactly between the parties. Recipients included senators on both sides who work on AI and defence policy, and both parties’ Senate campaign committees. September alone accounted for $161,000 as the midterms approached. This entry relies on Newsmax’s summary of The Hill’s report, because The Hill’s page could not be opened.
Why it matters
Anthropic is fighting the administration in court and is widely seen as aligned with Democrats on AI regulation. An even split shows it trying to look bipartisan before the midterms and its IPO. The sums are small next to the super PACs in the AI fight, such as Leading the Future and Public First Action.
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