
Anthropic spent $2M in Q2 2026 alone, doubling 2025's lobbying budget
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Waymo spent a record $4.3M on lobbying in Q2 2026, with Anthropic alone doubling its 2025 budget.
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Anthropic, OpenAI, and Waymo spent a record $4.3M on lobbying in Q2 2026, with Anthropic alone doubling its 2025 budget.

AI startups absorbed $242B of the $300B global VC funding in Q1 2026, with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo raising $188B alone.