# Anthropic Events Index of vault event pages connected to [[Anthropic]]. Organized by relationship type: events where Anthropic is the primary actor, events where Anthropic is a significant participant, and adjacent events that shape the company's operating environment. ## Core events Events where Anthropic is the central actor. - [[Anthropic Government Ban]] — the defining political event: Trump's government-wide ban, "supply chain risk" designation, Judge Lin's injunction, D.C. Circuit stay denial (Feb–Apr 2026) ## Adjacent events Events involving other actors that directly shaped Anthropic's position. - [[Palantir-Anthropic-Amazon Defense AI Deal]] — the three-way defense contract that preceded the ban; established the AWS infrastructure pipeline - [[2025 Trump Inaugural Fund]] — Anthropic contributed $50K (vs. $1M each from [[OpenAI]], Perplexity, C3.ai); the disparity became politically significant - [[Musk v. OpenAI Trial]] — not directly involving Anthropic, but the trial surfaced OpenAI internal dynamics from the period when Anthropic's founders departed ## Major deals Deals and contracts with structural significance. - Amazon investment (Sep 2023) — up to $4B; Claude hosted on AWS; created the defense pipeline - Google investment (2022–2024) — $2B+ total; competitor-investor dynamic - Series H (Apr 2026) — $65B at $965B valuation; largest AI funding round to date - S-1 filing (Jun 2026) — confidential IPO filing; targeting Nasdaq Oct 2026 ## Political spending events - Public First Action donation (Feb 2026) — $20M to support AI guardrails candidates in midterm races - Lobbying surge (Q1 2026) — $1.6M in federal lobbying, outspending [[OpenAI]] for the first time ## Gaps to fill Event pages the vault should probably have but doesn't yet: - Anthropic PBC Conversion (2023) — the structural decision to become a Public Benefit Corporation and create the LTBT - Anthropic FASCSA Challenge — the full litigation event (district court injunction → D.C. Circuit stay denial → expedited appeal) - Mythos Export Control Episode (June 2026) — government ordered suspension of Mythos/Fable access to foreign nationals, then selectively restored access ## See Also - [[Anthropic Dossier]] — the document collection front door - [[Anthropic Watch Log]] — running OSINT feed - [[OpenAI Events]] — the competitor's event index