OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia Set Q3 Lobbying Records at Nearly $6 Million
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Updated · The Verge · Oct 22
OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia Set Q3 Lobbying Records at Nearly $6 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Oct 22
Summary
Nearly $6 million in third-quarter lobbying spending by OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia marked record highs for all three, with Nvidia at $2.2 million, Anthropic at $2.1 million and OpenAI at $1.5 million.
Those filings show the companies pressing Washington on AI safety, cybersecurity, export controls, competition policy and child-safety rules as federal oversight intensifies ahead of the midterms.
OpenAI's agenda included frontier-model cybersecurity evaluations and information-sharing protections after fallout from the Hugging Face attack, while Anthropic cited KOSA, the AI Overwatch Act and data-center energy cost proposals.
The push came just before President Donald Trump named an AI czar and task force, and after tech CEOs attended a late-September White House lunch that produced a "morally binding" AI safety accord.
The spending still trails established Washington players such as Google and Microsoft, but signals AI firms are rapidly building political influence as lawmakers in both parties eye tougher industry rules.