Congress Spends $100,580 on ChatGPT, Taking 90% of House AI Outlays
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 3
Congress Spends $100,580 on ChatGPT, Taking 90% of House AI Outlays
2 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 3
Summary
$100,580 in House spending went to ChatGPT across 798 transactions in the year ended March 31, out of at least $113,740 spent on AI tools overall.
House disbursement records reviewed by CNBC show OpenAI captured roughly 90% of congressional AI-tool spending, far ahead of Anthropic's Claude at $13,160 across 37 transactions.
Democratic offices accounted for $54,165 in AI purchases, about three times the $15,782 spent by Republican offices.
Congressional staffers are using the tools to draft memos, summarize and analyze legislation, answer constituents, prepare hearing materials, sift policy research and write social posts.
The figures exclude free accounts and AI features bundled into broader software contracts, suggesting actual congressional AI use is higher than the spending data shows.