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He said that it's still a supply chain risk, but that mythos is a separate national security moment.

So basically, they're trying to kind of have their cake and eat it, too, when it comes to Anthropic, which is definitely interesting.

That is what I'm hearing.

It's kind of like when, I mean, it's like, you know, OpenAI says it's replaced it for now.

It's going okay.

But, you know, I haven't talked to that many sources about this, but it does seem kind of like when you start a new company and you suddenly have to switch to Microsoft from Google, you know, you're like, oh, when's the other shoe going to drop?

Oh, it's this.

Like, anytime I start a company and they don't use Slack, I'm like...

I don't know if I can do this.

So, yeah, I mean, that's kind of the vibe here.

They're used to Claude.

They like it.

You know, we'll see how it plays out now that they have seven options, I guess.

Yeah, I think that it's, you know, they're not too worried.

Obviously, this is a huge, you know, deal that they're not cut in on.

So it's not helpful for their profit goals.

But, you know, the government's still using it, though.

So I think that it's more a moot point in a way because, you know, they just hired the former head of the Pentagon's think tank as its strategist in residence.

Cool.

And they also hired, like, a Trump-linked lobbying firm.