For the first time in modern tech history, an AI company is pushing back against direct pressure from U.S. defence and intelligence agencies.
At the centre of it: Anthropic — and a standoff that could define how AI will be used in national security for the next decade.
For years, the Pentagon has quietly expanded its access demands on tech companies.
Now, with frontier AI systems entering defence workflows, the friction has reached a new level — and Anthropic is at the centre of it.
India is hosting global AI leaders, attracting data-centre investments, and offering long-term incentives to tech companies. But becoming a true AI superpower requires more than ambition — it requires compute, capital, and control over core technology.
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