OpenAI and Anthropic Spent $3.17M on Lobbying in Q2 2026, Up 23%

OpenAI and Anthropic together spent $3.17 million on lobbying in Q2 2026, a 23% jump from Q1. The two AI developers are ramping up their Washington presence as legacy tech and defence companies scale back their own lobbying budgets.

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