TechCrunch Court Filing: Pentagon Told Anthropic Sides Were 'Nearly Aligned' One Week Before Trump Killed the Deal

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A March 20 TechCrunch report on newly surfaced court documents reveals that Pentagon negotiators told Anthropic the two sides were close to agreement on contract terms — just one week before Trump publicly declared the relationship over and ordered all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic technology. This contradicts the administration's narrative that Anthropic was intransigent, and may strengthen Anthropic's First Amendment retaliation argument in the Ninth Circuit appeal now underway.