"Trump to Have Private Dinner with Anthropic CEO at White House"—A Sign of Thawing Tensions Over 'Supply Chain Risk' Designation

[Financial News] Hopes are growing for improved relations between the U.S. government and Anthropic as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to hold a one-on-one meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
President Donald Trump invited Amodei to a private dinner at the White House on the 27th, local time, U.S. online outlet Axios reported, citing multiple sources.
A source said Trump personally invited Amodei to the dinner that day after the CEO was unable to attend the state dinner held for Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 24th because of a scheduling conflict.
The dinner is also taking place ahead of a meeting that President Donald Trump and Mike Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, are scheduled to hold with the CEOs of major AI companies at the White House on the 29th.
As the first one-on-one meeting between the two, the dinner is being interpreted as a sign that relations between the U.S. government and Anthropic, which have been tense, are beginning to thaw.
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) previously designated Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk' company, a designation generally applied to companies from hostile countries. The United States Department of Commerce (U.S. Department of Commerce) also at one point imposed export controls on Anthropic's 'Claude Mythos 5' and 'Claude Fable 5,' temporarily suspending its services.
More recently, President Trump has sharply criticized Amodei's calls for slowing the pace of AI development, calling them 'a scam' and a proposal that benefits only China.
In particular, several months ago, when Anthropic sounded out the possibility of a one-on-one meeting with President Trump, the White House was reportedly said to have rejected the request on the grounds that 'Dario is too eccentric for President Trump to deal with.'
Given the administration's approach to governance, which is highly sensitive to President Trump's personal temperament and relationships, Axios assessed that a private meeting with Trump is regarded by companies as an irreplaceable opportunity.
A White House official said of the meeting, "As President Trump has made clear, the United States will lead the world in superintelligence (SI) while protecting American consumers. We will lead innovation, strengthen American competitiveness, and ensure that this transformative technology is properly harnessed for the American people."
[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, international affairs specialist Reporter