Antropic’s relationship with the Trump administration appears to be thawing.

Despite being recently designated a supply chain risk by the U.S. Department of Defense, Anthropic is still in talks with senior members of the Trump administration.

There were early signs that relations were thawing, with reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell were encouraging major bank presidents to test Anthropic’s new Mythos model. That said, there was a feeling that not all parts of the administration wanted to stop Anthropic.

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark seemed to confirm this, claiming the ongoing fight over supply chain risk designations is a “narrow contractual dispute” that won’t interfere with the company’s willingness to brief the government on its latest models.

Then on Friday, Axios reported that Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. In a statement, the White House called the meeting an “introductory meeting” that was “productive and constructive.”

“We discussed opportunities for collaboration, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address challenges associated with scaling this technology,” the White House said.

Likewise, Anthropic released a statement confirming that Amodei “met with senior administration officials for productive discussions about how Anthropic and the U.S. government can work together on key shared priorities such as cybersecurity, America’s lead in the AI ​​race, and AI safety.”

“We look forward to continuing these discussions,” the company added.

The dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon appears to have started after negotiations over the military’s use of Anthropic models failed. AI companies have sought to maintain safeguards against the use of their technology for fully autonomous weapons and large-scale domestic surveillance. (OpenAI quickly announced its own military contracts, sparking some consumer backlash.)

The U.S. Department of Defense subsequently declared Anthropic a supply chain risk. This label is usually only given to foreign enemies and can severely limit governments’ use of Anthropic models. The company is challenging that designation in court.

But it sounds like the rest of the Trump administration doesn’t share the Pentagon’s hostility, with administration sources telling Axios that “every agency” except the Defense Department wants to use the company’s technology.