Anthropic's $20B Revenue Boom Clashes with Pentagon's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Label

• Anthropic PBC's annual revenue run rate is nearing $20 billion, more than doubling from late last year, driven by strong adoption of its AI models like Claude Code.
• The company, currently valued at $380 billion, has seen its products, including Claude Code, go viral for automating complex tasks.
• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" after the company pressed for restrictions on the Pentagon's use of its AI for surveillance and autonomous weaponry.
• This designation aims to cut off Anthropic's sales to the US government and limit its business with other firms, a move a former White House adviser called "attempted corporate murder."
• Anthropic rejected the label as "legally unsound" and plans to challenge it in court, while its main app topped Apple's download charts amid the dispute.