{"id":226861,"date":"2026-03-06T18:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/anthropics-pentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:09:11","slug":"anthropics-pentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/anthropics-pentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic&#8217;s\u00a0Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has officially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/05\/its-official-the-pentagon-has-labeled-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">designated\u00a0Anthropic\u00a0a supply-chain risk<\/a>\u00a0after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models,\u00a0including\u00a0its\u00a0use in\u00a0autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As\u00a0Anthropic\u2019s\u00a0$200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead,\u00a0which\u00a0accepted and\u00a0then watched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/02\/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%<\/a>. As the stakes keep rising, the question\u00a0remains: how much unrestricted access should the military have to an AI model?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch as Equity hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane break down what startups should know about chasing federal AI contracts, plus the week\u2019s biggest tech stories, from <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/02\/paramount-and-hbo-max-to-merge-into-one-streaming-service-after-wbd-deal-closes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount\u2019s Warner Bros. deal<\/a> and MyFitnessPal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/02\/myfitnesspal-has-acquired-cal-ai-the-viral-calorie-app-built-by-teens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal AI acquisition<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/03\/activist-investor-elliot-takes-a-1b-stake-in-pinterest-betting-on-ai-driven-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest\u2019s $1B AI push<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/03\/anduril-aims-at-60-billion-valuation-in-new-funding-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anduril\u2019s $60B valuation<\/a>, and whether the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/01\/saas-in-saas-out-heres-whats-driving-the-saaspocalypse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SaaSpocalypse<\/a>\u201d is real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/anthropics-pentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon has officially\u00a0designated\u00a0Anthropic\u00a0a supply-chain risk\u00a0after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models,\u00a0including\u00a0its\u00a0use in\u00a0autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As\u00a0Anthropic\u2019s\u00a0$200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead,\u00a0which\u00a0accepted and\u00a0then watched\u00a0ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question\u00a0remains: how much unrestricted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-226861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}