March 9 (Reuters) – Anthropic executives said the U.S. government’s blacklisting of the AI firm could cut its 2026 revenue by multiple billions of dollars and cause reputational harm.
The company filed a lawsuit on Monday to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating its high-stakes battle with the U.S. military over usage restrictions on its technology.
Here is what its top executives said in federal court filings:
HEAD OF PUBLIC SECTOR THIYAGU RAMASAMY
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER PAUL SMITH
(Reporting by Juby Babu and Chris Thomas in Mexico City; Editing by Sonali Paul)
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