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The supply-chain-risk designation is formalized

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The Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a classification likely to force military contractors to sever ties, while Dario Amodei said the company has been having productive conversations with the Department and apologized for a leaked memo.

Reporting date: 2026-03-06 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 6, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Anthropic nears $20B annualized while blacklisted

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The supply-chain-risk designation is formalized
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-03-06
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-06-pentagon-formalizes-the-designation
Claim: The Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a classification likely to force military contractors to sever ties, while Dario Amodei said the company has been having productive conversations with the Department and apologized for a leaked memo.
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- Welcome to March 6, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-6-2026
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