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March 12, 2026
Palantir is still using Anthropic's Claude as Pentagon blacklist plays out, CEO Karp says
The Pentagon officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk last week, but the DOD is still using Claude for the war in Iran.
TL;DR
- Palantir continues to use Anthropic's Claude AI, with CEO Alex Karp stating future integration with other large language models is likely.
- The Department of Defense officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, but is still using its Claude models for operations, including the war in Iran.
- Anthropic has sued the Trump administration to reverse the DOD's supply chain risk designation.
- Other defense tech companies, like Lockheed Martin, have instructed employees to stop using Claude.
- The Pentagon expects the transition away from Anthropic's models to take time, with a six-month phase-out plan that allows for exemptions for mission-critical national security activities.
- President Donald Trump previously called for a six-month phase-out period for federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's products.
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