{"id":552900,"date":"2026-07-21T20:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552900\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:43:22","slug":"openai-and-anthropic-break-q2-2026-lobbying-spending-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552900\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI and Anthropic break Q2 2026 lobbying spending records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OpenAI and Anthropic each hit record federal lobbying spending in the second quarter of 2026, with the two companies together outlaying $3.17 million from April through June, according to CNBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Anthropic’s quarterly tab came to $1.97 million, reflecting a 26% jump from Q1, while OpenAI logged $1.2 million, roughly 18% more than the prior quarter, according to CNBC. That put the two companies’ combined year-over-year spending at roughly double what each had outlaid in the same stretch of 2025. <\/p>\n

Taken together, Anthropic’s first- and second-quarter filings put its 2026 half-year total above $3.5 million \u2014 a figure that already surpasses the $3.1 million it reported for the entirety of 2025, according to Bloomberg Government<\/a>. Their filings listed policy areas such as cybersecurity, copyright, cloud computing, and defense procurement among the subjects they sought to influence. <\/p>\n

The spending puts Anthropic and OpenAI in closer competition with Washington’s established corporate lobbying operations. Anthropic’s haul eclipsed Nvidia’s and nearly reached Oracle’s $2 million mark, while OpenAI landed just under $50,000 behind Nvidia’s $1.25 million figure. <\/p>\n

The two companies are spending at a time when the AI industry is under intensifying scrutiny in Washington. Policymakers are weighing how far to go to regulate the fast-evolving technology<\/a>, with proposals ranging from voluntary compliance frameworks to partial government ownership of AI companies. The AI industry has also committed at least $265 million through super PACs to influence the regulatory landscape ahead of the midterms. <\/p>\n

President Donald Trump signed an executive order requesting tech companies to allow the U.S. government a voluntary 30-day review period for AI models before public release. Critics, including Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, co-chair of the Congressional AI caucus, called the order insufficient, saying it “mirrors the Trump Administration’s broader pattern of creating a wild west environment for AI development.” <\/p>\n

A broader look at major tech firms shows Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia collectively tallied $21.25 million in federal lobbying for the quarter \u2014 a figure that held nearly flat against Q1. Meta topped the list at $5.99 million, with Amazon close behind at $4.36 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI and Anthropic each hit record federal lobbying spending in the second quarter of 2026, with the two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,1463,343,344,85,46,931,2352,125],"class_list":["post-552900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-spending","tag-tech-companies","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}