Anthropic launches presidential engagement program for 2028 elections

Anthropic wants a seat at the table for the 2028 presidential race. Not as a candidate, but as the AI company every campaign has already been briefed by. The San Francisco lab behind the Claude models is creating a “presidential engagement” program. An in-house team will work directly with US presidential candidates from both parties on AI issues. The same team will help Anthropic’s leadership shape political strategy and run the company’s political funding program. The program is coming together before the November midterms and ahead of an IPO that could value Anthropic at as much as $2 trillion. What the new team will actually do Anthropic is hiring a Political Programs Lead, based in Washington, D.C., with a salary range of $295K to $345K. The posting went up around October 7, 2026. According to the listing, the role will lead the new presidential engagement effort for the 2028 cycle. The hire will map the candidate fields in both parties and provide AI policy education. The role also covers executive training, field programs, and management of the company’s political contributions portfolio. The money and the paper trail The company has committed a total of $40 million to Publi...