The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says
In Brief Posted: 11:20 AM PDT · March 17, 2026 Image Credits:Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Amanda Silberling The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together. Instead, the Pentagon is building tools to replace Anthropic’s AI, according to a Bloomberg conversation with Cameron Stanley, the chief digital and AI officer at the Pentagon. “The Department is actively pursuing multiple LLMs into the appropriate government-owned environments,” he said. “Engineering work has begun on these LLMs, and we expect to have them available for operational use very soon.” Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of…
